Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Flaneur: probability (philosophy, math), probability (real life), Phoenician wine, deadlifts & dead languages. Greco-Levantine. #RWRI
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RT @TechAtBloomberg
Don't miss this month's @Bloomberg's #Quant (BBQ) Seminar Series on Wed., May 24 (5:30-7 PM EDT), feat. a keynote by @nntaleb entitled "Some Practical Problems in #Probability", plus lightning talks
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5/24/23 – Bloomberg Quant (BBQ) Seminar Series

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2) Since we started the conversation, that cyclist friend of mine is asking me to ask my Twitter cycling friends whether for his new (sating black) endurance Domane bike, PD-EH500 works better than PD-T8000.
"Neuro" something has always been a great refuge fo the charlatans.
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RT @hubermanlab
@lexfridman You are the one to do it Lex. I think they should each get a pop quiz, a psychological assessment, and a cognitive assessment. Include a personality test while you’re at it. The voters deserve data. USADA can test too.
https://twitter.com/hubermanlab/status/1650987958168862720
Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. on Twitter

“@lexfridman You are the one to do it Lex. I think they should each get a pop quiz, a psychological assessment, and a cognitive assessment. Include a personality test while you’re at it. The voters deserve data. USADA can test too.”

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Inverse #SkinintheGame. You get rich selling a story and transfer the downside to suckers.

Many techies were upset with the criticism of the insiders cashing out upon the "debut", w/a legal trick that allowed them to sell immediately, unlike with standard IPOs.
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RT @edels0n
One of the greatest robberies of the decade.

https://www.semafor.com/article/05/01/2023/shareholder-lawsuit-says-coinbase-execs-vcs-saved-1-billion-by-selling-befo…
https://twitter.com/edels0n/status/1653227721072209922

4,000 km in 9 months, mostly in hilly terrain (total climb 34K meters); increasing volume and speed v. progressively. The best way to enforce compliance is to be irrationally obsessed w/equipment. Speed is what makes it fun.
Checking mileage like others check their portfolio.
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RT @nntaleb
Gravel.
https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1652438978560249856
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Twitter

“Gravel.”

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Over the past 4 decades, I thought I'd seen every possible *ex post* spin by investors & traders who lost money. This is about the perfect zero-imagination excuse.
Indeed, Bitcoin is a product designed by toddlers for use by children.
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RT @balajis
I JUST BURNED A MILLION TO TELL YOU THEY'RE PRINTING TRILLIONS

The million dollar bet is now closed out by mutual agreement. I made $1M+ in provable on-chain donations, which you can verify b…
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1653451860488130565

Balaji on Twitter

“I JUST BURNED A MILLION TO TELL YOU THEY'RE PRINTING TRILLIONS The million dollar bet is now closed out by mutual agreement. I made $1M+ in provable on-chain donations, which you can verify by clicking the links below: 1) $500k to Bitcoin Core development via Chaincode:…”

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