My interview with Tucker Carlson when Skin in the Game came out: Basically imagine fewer bureaucrats with no SITG, no CIA, a noninterventionist State Dept…
with Tucker Carlson when Skin in the Game (SITG) came out: Imagine fewer bureaucrats with no SITG, no CIA, a noninterventionist State Dept… In SITG I said that sending State Dept employees to the beach would be better for America & much better for the world.
YouTube video of the interview
You can get the book (Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life) here: Paperback or Hardcover
Nassim joins Episode 81 of The Beirut Banyan and they discuss the October 17 Revolution and Lebanon’s modern history within the context of complex systems and local structures.
“IQ” measures an inferior form of intelligence, stripped of 2nd order effects, meant to select paper shufflers, obedient IYIs. 1- When someone asks you a question in REAL LIFE, you focus first on “WHY is he asking me that?”, which slows down. (Fat Tony vs Dr John)
American essayist, scholar and former trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb, whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty, discusses his latest book “Skin in the Game”.
Nassim explores the notion that ‘skin in the game’ is necessary for fairness, commercial efficiency, and risk management, and key to making sense of the world at large.
Essayist and former trader Nassim Taleb explores the notion that “Skin in the Game” is necessary for fairness, commercial efficiency, and risk management, and key to making sense of the world at large.
Tuesday, 16th of October 1pm-2pm
Goblin King (NYC-8510-3D)
What is Skin in the Game? The phrase is often mistaken for one-sided incentives: the promise of a bonus will make someone work harder for you. For the central attribute is symmetry: the balancing of incentives and disincentives, people should also penalized if something for which they are responsible goes wrong and hurts others: he or she who wants a share of the benefits needs to also share some of the risks.
New York Times bestselling author of “Skin in the Game” Nassim Nicholas Taleb joins today’s Liberty Report to discuss the “interventionistas” who produce chaos everywhere in the name of “doing good.” What does it mean to have “skin in the game”? Tune in!
