Thin-skinned and litigious. He threatened to sue Barkley for some idle comments on my blog, years ago.
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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