PDF Download Link: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.10488
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Releases 3rd Edition of Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails
Month: September 2025
[Medium] The World in Which We Live Now
Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Ron Paul Institute, 2025
Friends, I have seven points. Why seven? Because I’ve been reading too much Babylonian history recently.
FROM CONNECTIVITY TO TECHNOFEUDALISM
The first one is about concentration, a distinctive feature of the modern world, often tied to what I called the Black Swan problem. We now see winner-take-all effects everywhere, owing to connectivity. Imagine an island with many species but a high density per square meter. Compare that to a continent, where opening up space leads to fewer species per meter because some will eventually dominate. This mirrors cultural and economic life today.
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Office Hours with Nassim Nicholas Taleb at AUB
Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb will be holding an open session at the American University of Beirut, hosted by the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering & Architecture.
Event Details
- Date: Monday, September 15, 2025
- Time: 5:00 PM
- Duration: 90 minutes (Open Q&A)
- Location: Architecture Lecture Hall (ALH), Dar Al Handasah Architecture and Design Building, American University of Beirut
- Admission: Open to the public