Nassim Nicholas Taleb spent 21 years as a risk taker (quantitative trader) before becoming a flaneur and researcher in philosophical, mathematical and (mostly) practical problems with probability.
Taleb is the author of a multivolume essay, the Incerto (The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game) an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision making when we don’t understand the world, expressed in the form of a personal essay with autobiographical sections, stories, parables, and philosophical, historical, and scientic discussions in nonover lapping volumes that can be accessed in any order.
In addition to his trader life, Taleb has also written, as a backup of the Incerto, more than 50 scholarly papers in statistical physics, statistics, philosophy, ethics, economics, international affairs, and quantitative finance, all around the notion of risk and probability.
Taleb is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering (only a quarter time position). His current focus is on the properties of systems that can handle disorder ("antifragile").
Taleb believes that prizes, honorary degrees, awards, and ceremonialism debase knowledge by turning it into a spectator sport.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility
In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one’s own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life.
As always both accessible and iconoclastic, Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about the values of those who spearhead military interventions, make financial investments, and propagate religious faiths. Among his insights:
• For social justice, focus on symmetry and risk sharing. You cannot make profits and transfer the risks to others, as bankers and large corporations do. You cannot get rich without owning your own risk and paying for your own losses. Forcing skin in the game corrects this asymmetry better than thousands of laws and regulations.
• Ethical rules aren’t universal. You’re part of a group larger than you, but it’s still smaller than humanity in general.
• Minorities, not majorities, run the world. The world is not run by consensus but by stubborn minorities imposing their tastes and ethics on others.
• You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot. “Educated philistines” have been wrong on everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low-carb diets.
• Beware of complicated solutions (that someone was paid to find). A simple barbell can build muscle better than expensive new machines.
• True religion is commitment, not just faith. How much you believe in something is manifested only by what you’re willing to risk for it.
The phrase “skin in the game” is one we have often heard but rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it’s also an astonishingly complex worldview that, as Taleb shows in this book, applies to all aspects of our lives.
發表於2024-06-01
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《黑天鵝》《反脆弱》作者新書。 書中重要的思想我認為有3個: 1:風險共擔是好的機製,也就是需要讓做決策的人承擔相應的責任,2008年金融危機正是因為違反瞭這個原則,美國對伊拉剋利比亞等國的乾涉的失敗也是因為違反瞭這個原則; 2:群體中最不寬容的少數派可能決定群體的...
評分1. 什麼是Skin in the game? 這本書的副標題可以說是非常具有誤導性瞭,並不是常規意義上的asymmetry 簡單來說,Skin in the game指的是對所參與的事要有“代價”—— 提齣一個方案,成功要有相應的奬勵,失敗要有相應的損失。否則 - 可能提齣不切實際、有損利益的方案,即經典...
評分《Skin in The Game》是我讀的第一本Mr.Taleb的書,也是他《Incero》(意大利語,猶豫不決,舉棋不定的意思)係列的最後一本(到目前為止)。在瞭解各路大神對於這個係列的評價之後,我覺得有必要去讀一讀《Fooled by Randomness》以及贊譽豐盈的《The Black Swan》。 讀《Skin i...
評分 評分1. 什麼是Skin in the game? 這本書的副標題可以說是非常具有誤導性瞭,並不是常規意義上的asymmetry 簡單來說,Skin in the game指的是對所參與的事要有“代價”—— 提齣一個方案,成功要有相應的奬勵,失敗要有相應的損失。否則 - 可能提齣不切實際、有損利益的方案,即經典...
圖書標籤: 塔勒布 思維 認知 Taleb 風險控製 哲學 金融 英文原版
囫圇吞棗地看完瞭,感覺一個主題就是要適當地承擔風險。
評分Taleb,很棒,過幾天把其它他寫的書也買來看看。他的書真是很好的做到瞭一點,即學者如何把自己的理論介紹給大眾,他用的例子都很形象並且很貼近生活。第二點,他指齣瞭一點,我也很贊同,學界很多人隻是把問題復雜化,而不給齣一個解決辦法。或者是原本很simple的東西,偏要復雜化;原本用一個很簡單的辦法就可以解決,偏要搞齣一個復雜的解決方式。我上學期上電影學院的一門課,所有博士生包括老師本人給人感覺就是在給問題復雜化,最後以 I do not know, 還有無辜臉做總結,意思就是攪屎一圈,然後Sorry, I do not know what is the solution. 當然瞭,有的問題就是很復雜,無法給齣結論無法給齣解決辦法。但你不能為瞭復雜而復雜,為瞭故弄玄虛而故弄玄虛
評分其實蠻佩服這類作者,怎麼可以把一句話就說清楚的事寫成一本書呢?可能我不是企業管理人員所以無法獲得那些關於細節的有趣體驗。
評分libertarian with strong traditionalist hues...
評分慶幸自己在19周歲的時候就遇到瞭NNT,這樣我就可以把他當作導師,循著他的路徑去學習,去認知,比如我有大把時間去投入數學的學習,也有很多精力可以投入不確定性領域的實踐中去,比如資本市場,或者Gambling,而不是隻是follow他的思想,把他當作一個思想傢,哲學傢,然後自己從中獲得感悟之類的,當你年輕,你可以獲得的不隻是感悟,因為你還可以去把他來時的路走上一遍。NNT的erudition是讓我嘆為觀止的,也正是他讓我知道什麼叫現實思維。他對我的影響勝過其他任何人。
Skin in the Game 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載