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What the most profitable books one can read ? Anonymous Fri Oct 27 02:44:38 2017 No.10195743 [Reply] [Original]

Pic Related is Naseem Nicholas Taleb's Anti-fragile.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 04:45:27 2017 No.10195943 Reading books is not profitable, writing them is.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 05:10:26 2017 No.10195982 >>10195743 The Art of the Deal by Donald J Trump

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 05:27:40 2017 No.10196019 >>10195743 Books about finance or incesting, economics (both macro and micro) Even the basics like the time-value of money and opportunity cost will put you ahead.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 05:28:42 2017 No.10196023 >>10196019 >incesting Fuck sakes, investing*

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 05:37:27 2017 No.10196044 >>10196023 Hey, nobody's judging, anon. Gotta do what you gotta do to put yourself ahead.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 05:38:58 2017 No.10196047 >>10196044 Thanks, anon

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 06:21:11 2017 No.10196110 >taleb angry stemlord who shouts at historians on twitter Thinking Fast & Slow is useful for examining implicit bias.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 06:34:49 2017 No.10196131 >>10196110 >Thinking Fast & Slow Half of the studies he cites are not reproducible. Have fun with your quack "science"

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 07:51:01 2017 No.10196260 File: 97 KB, 720x960, NaseemDeadlifts.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10196019 Antifragile is useful outside of finance and investing. It is a life strategy. >>10196110 Taleb is a genius.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 14:26:44 2017 No.10197459 >>10196110 All hail Taleb. This brainlet will never understand the subtleties of Extremistan. Mare nostrum, brother.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 14:30:57 2017 No.10197469 >>10196131 Yah I'm sure they give out Nobel Prizes to guys who cite unreproducible studies. Stop talking.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 14:31:35 2017 No.10197471 >>10196260 Antifragile is literally a bunch of banalities and common knowledge spiced up with neologisms, arrogance and reeeing. Taleb is quite literally an angry hack.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 15:33:37 2017 No.10197711 >>10197471 Still more useful 99% of self help books.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 28 04:19:29 2017 No.10199512 >>10195943 see >>10195982

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 28 04:28:30 2017 No.10199524 >>10195743 The Prince