/lit/ - Literature

>>14120105
(1) Fooled by Randomness
(2) Black Swan
(3) Antifragile
(4) Skin in the Game
Optional: Bed of Proscutes
BoF is a very short books of aphorisms. You can read it in a sitting or skim it. It's good for determining whether you'll enjoy Taleb. Download BoF on libgen and skim the book; if what Taleb talks about in the book intrigues you, then Incerto + Skin in the Game is for you.

>>13105887
Excluding the mention of any Holy books, the Incerto series from Nassim Taleb definitely

>>12505277
here you go buddy

taleb in general

>>12388860
no, that is the first step. Second step is learn how to survive, even prosper with it:>>12388274

>>12386637
true. I studied pharmacy where there is 90% females and I bathed in pussy. Roasties now are in pharmacy store, developing varicose veins from 8h/day standing on their feet, while I learned some prigramming and math on the side during my pharmacy university studies and now I am chilling in american big pharma industrial R&D mathematical modeling job working with PhD's from MIT and getting paid more than sofware developers for applying philosophy and risk engineering ideas from based Nassim Taleb to developing vaccine trials and anticancer drugs. Plus I learned to apply Taleb ideas in my trading strategies on my brokerage account.

Now tell me /lit/, which one of your virgin theoretical philosophers helped you land a based job where you are saving lives by thousands, paid top dollar and be able to grow your wealth by trading based on same philosophies from the same philosopher?

>>12324222
>science journalist
pls learn how probability and statistics works or switch job
gabish?
t.industrial scientist

surprised I do not see Taleb as recommendation fitting for this thread and board. Probability and randomness is very important in real life and I see even professionals making dire serious mistakes due to misunderstanding (including myself)

also "Street-Fighting Mathematics" by sanjoy mahajan (excellent free accompanying mooc on edX)

t. mathematical modeler employed in big pharma

>>12189526
taleb definitely does not write as yellow page pop science, he has gift of communicating complex ideas simply and clearly as he puts mathematicc heavy stuff in dedicated papers. He hates pseuds.

>>12089559
buy the whole incerto

>>12064052

>>12064214
it means knowing how to take and manage risks for benefit of your family and your society responsibly.