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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:35 pm
Has anyone read his newest book, Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails? Just wondering what level of math comprehension would be needed.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 5:48 am to AllbyMyRelf
I've read a fair bit of Taleb and enjoy his contrarian approach to things. I followed him a bit on Twatter when covid first hit and he's been talking about fat tails for a while. And I still can't follow what he's talking about. Maybe he explains it in the book. A platform with a 280 character limit probably isn't the place for fairly advanced math.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 11:57 am to Tigris
He explains it with minimal math in his other books like Black Swan and Antifragile
Posted on 2/17/21 at 12:07 pm to AllbyMyRelf
The commentary I've read about the newest one seems like it is geared towards a more proficient reader.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:21 am to AllbyMyRelf
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He explains it with minimal math in his other books like Black Swan and Antifragile
Yeah, you're right, I just lost track of the term "fat tail" and what it meant. Not too hard, the graph below illustrates it pretty well.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 11:15 am to Tigris
Yeah, he gets wordy and hard to follow at times—especially when he wants you to know he reads Greek philosophy lol
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