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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the Game

发表于 2017-08-14 nassim taleb rule

Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the manuscript version of his forthcoming book, Skin in the Game. Topics discussed include the…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Rationality, Risk, and Skin in the Game

发表于 2018-03-05 rationality nassim taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Skin in the Game, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in the book. This is the third episode of EconTalk with…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Pandemic

发表于 2020-07-27 handle geronticide discussed

Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks about the pandemic with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Topics discussed include how to handle the rest of this pandemic and the next on…

Nicholas Wapshott on Samuelson and Friedman

发表于 2021-08-17 acclaim wapshott samuelson

Journalist and author Nicholas Wapshott talks about his book Samuelson Friedman with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Milton Friedman and Paul Samuelson were two of …

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale

发表于 2022-07-12 relative nassim taleb

A language, a flag, a national anthem and shared history—like a heart that has to pump harder to support a heavier body, the bigger a nation gets, the harder to…

Purpose, Pleasure, and Meaning in a World Without Work (with Nicholas Bostrom)

发表于 2024-05-21 pleasure bostrom meaning

If you didn't have to work to enjoy material abundance, would you do it anyway? If an algorithm or a pill could achieve better results, would you bother shoppin…

Episode 40: Material World

发表于 2015-12-12 nicholas material chethaase

This time, Tor and Chet talk with Nicholas Jitkoff from the Material group about... Material Design. And design in general. And engineering. And splash screens.…