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The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb ISBN 9788990247414
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb ISBN 9788990247414
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This book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb has come up 5 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 4 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Ryan Holiday, Scott Patterson, Tim Ferriss, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-04-09 and the most recent from 2023-09-07. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life.
“the author full by rames had a new book coming out the black SW called The Black Swan which explained you know the transition”— 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.
“Antifragile, Fooled by Randomness, and The Black Swan... I found all of them to be very thought-provoking, and worth reading, and I don't say that lightly”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and Tools of Titans, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show. This is a solo Q&A episode where he both asks and answers, fielding live-chat and pre-submitted listener questions. Tim Ferriss answers live and submitted Q&A on sleep, parenting, fear, mood, psychedelics, learning, and travel.
“I think Taleb and Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, read those books. Just start to read Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Josh Waitzkin: Author of The Art of Learning, eight-time US national chess champion, two-time Tai Chi push hands world champion, and the first BJJ black belt under Marcelo Garcia. He now trains elite mental performers and runs The Art of Learning Project nonprofit. Josh Waitzkin turns the tables on Tim Ferriss, probing gating questions, the entanglement of genius and wounds, surrender, and preparing for accelerating change.
“a series of books by nicholas taleb about fooled by randomness and black swan highly recommend them”— guest
The guest here is Russ Tedrake: Roboticist, MIT professor, and VP of robotics research at Toyota Research Institute. Known for underactuated robotics, control theory, MIT's DARPA Robotics Challenge team, and the Drake simulator. MIT roboticist Russ Tedrake on why robots should embrace contact, softness, and physics instead of fighting gravity.
“The Black Swan or Fooled by Randomness specifically I think helped to explain what we are contending with... I think that is that is worth reading.”— Ryan Holiday
The guest here is Ryan Holiday: Author of bestselling books on Stoicism including The Obstacle Is the Way and the Daily Stoic. A former marketing director at American Apparel turned writer who popularizes ancient Stoic philosophy for modern audiences. Ryan Holiday and Tim Ferriss apply Stoic philosophy to the COVID-19 crisis, choosing alive time over dead time.
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