Money and Finance
Nassim Taleb quote
“…the random element in trial and error is not quite random, if it is carried out rationally, using error as a source of information. If every trial provides you with information about what does not work, you start zooming in on a solution—so every attempt becomes more valuable, more like an expense than an error. And of course you make discoveries along the way.” –Nassim Taleb, Antifragile
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Nassim Taleb And Barbells...
Here's a link to a post I put up last year that included an excerpt from Nassim Taleb's Antifragile that I think is extremely important--probably even more so in a market environment like we are in today--and worth reviewing every now and then....
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Nassim Taleb Quote
"So the central tenet of the epistemology I advocate is as follows: we know a lot more what is wrong than what is right, or, phrased according to the fragile/robust classification, negative knowledge (what is wrong, what does not work) is more robust...
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Nassim Taleb Quote
"Someone with a linear payoff needs to be right more than 50 percent of the time. Someone with a convex payoff, much less. The hidden benefit of antifragility is that you can guess worse than random and still end up outperforming. Here lies the power...
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Nassim Taleb Quotes (prediction)
I had this quote saved to post later, but it seemed to go well with the Tetlock article, so here it is now. THIS paper written by Taleb and Tetlock may also be worth reading (or re-reading) "I insist on the via negativa method of prophecy as being the...
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Nassim Taleb Quote
“The problem here is the notion of “better,” this focus on skills as leading to success. Random outcomes, or an arbitrary situation, can also explain success, and provide the initial push that leads to a winner-take-all result. A person can get...
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