He is one of the most arrogant writers I've encountered. He actually builds sympathy for the orthodoxy of academic economics. JD On Dec 23, 2012 3:19 PM, "raghu" <[email protected]> wrote:
> An entertaining review of his new book on "anti-fragility". The guy really > is insufferable. > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/21/antifragile-how-to-live-nassim-nicholas-taleb-review > > Best line from the review: > --------QUOTE > And there are some nice lines: "We practitioners and quants aren't too > fazed by remarks on the part of academics – it would be like prostitutes > listening to technical commentary by nuns." The problem, though, is that > Taleb no longer writes from the perspective of the practitioner but of > someone who has crossed over to live among the academics and wants to tell > them what they are missing. He is now more like the nun with a racy past > who lectures the rest of the convent about the meaning of sex: not much fun > for anyone. > > > > > -raghu. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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