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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

@nntaleb
Flaneur: probability (philosophy), probability (mathematics), probability (real life), deadlifts & dead languages. GrecoRomanLevantine (Canaan). #RWRI
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    Jun 4, 2025
    Dear enemies, detractors, libellers, university rats, genocide propagandists, ethnic cleansing & baby murder promoters, & label conscious Davos midwits, it also happens that #Antifragility is the most influential 21st C. concept.
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    Jul 30, 2024
    Dear enemies,The Black Swan is now the most influential (that is, discussed/mentioned) 21st C book. While almost all books have a half-life between 2 and 6 months, it does not appear to have a half-life. #Lindy [Same with other 4 books in the Incerto. Graph is US only]
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    2h
    I just updated Greece is a Near Eastern Country: Foreword to The New Byzantines
    Greece is a Near Eastern Country: Foreword to The New Byzantines
    From nntaleb.medium.com
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    Capitalism works if and only if all members see themselves as "pre-rich" or "feasibly-rich-if-they-wanted-it-badly-enough". Remove that and the system collapses.
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    Reserve your best laugh for Monday morning when they announce the Economics Prize.
    @NewYorker
    The New Yorker
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    Oct 8
    A poem by Anne Carson, who was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Read it in full: newyorker.com/magazine/2001/…
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    Where we see evidence that mathematicians are more interested in the welfare of mathematicians than the improvement of scientific knowledge.
    @realBigBrainAI
    Big Brain AI
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    13h
    NYU math professor Tristan Buckmaster says OpenAI’s Tuesday drop of 722 AI-generated math papers wiped out entire research programs: “This recent dump of papers on Tuesday destroyed the careers of early career mathematicians.”
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