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There is any other author talking about IQ and fraud other than pic related ?

pompous blogposter and i'm being generous

>I hesitate to give advice because every major single piece of advice I was given turned out to be wrong and I am glad I didn't follow them. I was told to focus and I never did. I was told to never procrastinate and I waited 20 years for The Black Swan and it sold 3 million copies. I was told to avoid putting fictional characters in my books and I did put in Nero Tulip and Fat Tony because I got bored otherwise. I was told to not insult the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, the more I insulted them the nicer they were to me and solicit op-eds. I was told to avoid lifting weights for a back pain and became a weightlifter: never had a back problem since. If I had to relive my life I would be even more stubborn and uncompromising than I have been. One should never do anything without skin in the game. If you give advice, you need to be exposed to losses from it.

Whoa... there is hope for /lit/izens after all....

>>19260869
>t.

>He is the most important thinker of our time.
*blocks your path*

post people who would benefit from taking their meds

In what order do I read his books?

So we all agree that Taleb the greatest philosopher of the century right?

>>18588221
Greece and Rone were built by Mediterranean bvlls who look like pic related. Imbecile.

is he the most profound author/philosopher of our time?

In which order should I read Taleb? Where to start?

What's this sleepy little Mexican writing about this time? Something about fat asses?

>Talks about having skin in the game
>Is a foreigner with dual loyalties living abroad

What am I in for?

What were the reading habits of some of the great authors or otherwise influential people of history?
Apparently taleb reads 30-60 hours a week.

>>17705922
>Worshipping a run of the mill wallstreet fat cat
>Thinks nassim is cool because he criticizes the rich and powerful, when in reality, he's only doing it to elevate himself above them

Is he legitimate or yet another pseudo intellectual who captures his audience in partial truths wrapped in cool sounding ideas? Is there is any dirt on the guy? Or reviews of his work that don't immediately lick his balls?

Do you think he is an original thinker?
If not, could you please recommend me books regarding statistics and philosophy not written by him?
I'm very interested in the topic, but pic related is insufferable and excessively insecure for me to put up with him through the entirety of his books.
Thank you btw.

“For pleasure, read one chapter by Nabokov. For punishment, two."

― Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Retarded hack or visionary genius

*solves history in your path*
heh, nothing personal kid

>>17215962
No understanding that risk accumulates below the surface.

Which Taleb book should I read first? I know Black Swan is the popular one, but I've heard other people suggest Skin in the game and antifragile.