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Irrational Man
William Barrett ISBN 0385031386
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William Barrett ISBN 0385031386
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This book by William Barrett came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Scott Patterson. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“I you know love the works of dovi and existentialism and you know one of my favorite books is irrational man”— Scott Patterson
The guest here is Nassim Taleb and Scott Patterson: Nassim Taleb, former options trader and author of Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and Antifragile, now advisor to the Universa tail-risk hedge fund; Scott Patterson, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of Chaos Kings. Nassim Taleb and journalist Scott Patterson on tail risk, the precautionary principle, and how traders profit from crisis.
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