005: Harness the Randomness
Slot Machines, 1946. SDASM Archives
Erik and Potatowire discuss risk, intuition, unpredictability, and how to use them to your advantage.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Antifragile
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004: A Nail Looking for the Hammer
Kingbird Family at Nest, 1919. Herbert K. Job
Erik and Potatowire discuss the new recording machine, nuclear weapons, the singularity, theory vs. reality in government, representation, and elections, and the value of an open mind.
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Predictions
Throughout The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb bemoans the prevalence of Gaussian functions, perhaps known best graphed as characteristic bell curves.
Much of the natural world sorts itself into a bell curve (see also the 80/20 “rule,”) but if we expect everything to fall within a Gaussian f...
Cypherpunk Bitstream 0x07: Pandemic I
Frank Braun talks
with Arto Bendiken about the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
How did we get here and what convinced us to prep. Paranoia, case
fatality rates, and vaccines. Secondary and tertiary effects. Normalcy,
authority, and confirmation bias.
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The Wrong Examples
I find Nassim Nicholas Taleb captivating.
He possesses the amazing ability to reveal and clarify what should already be obvious, but isn’t. I also love the way he writes and how radical he is in his honesty. This also polarizes.
In his book The Black Swan, Taleb analyzes the concepts of uncer...
#3 Daring to be Playful
In this episode we will debunk the myth of iron discipline, self-imposed pressure, overworking and constant worry being essential motivators for building a business.
Listen on to find out how daring to be playful and giving air time to positive emotions is not only benefiting your own well-being...
Stock Options Perspective with Garrett DeSimone, PhD
Professor Zoro speaks with Garrettt DeSimone about Options. Various aspects of the Option environment are discussed including OptionMetrics, Out of the money put, Fat tales, Long Dated Options, Taleb Nassim, Blogs by Garrett
Garret is Head of Quant Research at OptionMetrics
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