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Skin in the Game

Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Mar 24, 2018nrizkalla rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is not for the cowards, i.e. the politically correct, financial advisers who do not share the risk, bureaucrats, politicians. “The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding” or even "better explaining than doing". Those whom the author call IYI (intellectuals yet idiots), the seemingly knowledgable people but who have no skin in the game. Taleb is a western intellect, however he has the wisdom of the East. Thus he is capable of seeing the world as it is and not to fool himself like many of the contemporary thinkers in the west. Remember, those who talk should do, and only those who do, should talk! Read this book if you dare- "courage is the only virtue you cannot fake". It will make you understand, among so many practicalities in current life, why being soft to the demands of Islamism can and will destroy the World. Read to understand how "scientism" can fool you to replace an age-old tested process with a fake thing based on a peer-reviewed article that may not survive replication. Taleb is certainly not a conformist. Reading him is a pleasure in a World getting rotten by the prominence of the likes of Hillary!