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7 days ago by sakerfa

(CNBC) – The financial system is crashing and action must be taken by the US government to convert debt into equity to produce a more stable environment, Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan,” told CNBC Thursday. “You may have green shoots, whatever you want to call them, you may have temporary r ...

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26 days ago by Patrick Philippe Meier

Which conflict forecasting model is the most accurate of them all? None are accurate to begin with. Has no one read Nassim Taleb’s “ The Black Swan“? Recent empirical studies demonstrate that experts, i.e., us (and our sophisticated systems and methodologies) are only marginally better than novices ...

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26 days ago by Chris Grande

6.13.09 Nassim Taleb writes an excellent book called the “Black Swan,” which I am sure many of you have heard of, which warns explicitly about the dangers of forecasting and moreover, how wrong most forecasters are MOST of the time, he still gets questions about predicting the future. See this inter ...

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28 days ago by apikongzad

Nassim Haramein’s DVD set “Crossing The Event Horizon” - DVD 2 extra feature - part 1 of 3 … Nassim Haramein Crossing the Event Horizon DVD Resonance Project Emissary Physics Spaceships 2012 solar pole shift No related posts. No related posts.

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33 days ago by Joshua M Brown

Hot Links for Weekend Reading Let’s kick it off with a Think Piece from Johnny Debacle of Long or Short Capital. Johnny asks the question “Why be a JD (Juris Doctor) when you could be a DJ (Disc Jockey)?” I got two from The Business Insider this week…first, a slideshow of the Worst CEOs Ever, then, ...

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36 days ago by aconservativeedge

Universa Investments, a hedge fund manager known for its ties to contrarian investor Nassim Taleb, is opening a fund to benefit from a surge in inflation, The Wall Street Journal reports. The fund is betting that massive fiscal and monetary stimulus around the globe will lead to huge price increases ...

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63 days ago by 3ardent: The Blogertisers

"My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves & the quality of their knowledge too seriously & those who don’t have the courage to sometimes say: I don’t know...." Nassim Nicholas Taleb Why does it rain on few people? While others enjoy the sun. Nassim Nicholas Taleb can give you some answer ...

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71 days ago by admin

10/21/08: PBS NEWS HOUR Interview with Nassim Nicholas Taleb, famous economist and author of “The Black Swan” and Dr. Mandelbrot, professor of Mathematics. Both say that the present economy more serious than the Great depression, and the economy during the American Revolution. Duration : 0:9:57 Tech ...

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72 days ago by thinkaloo

The source of the virus reminds me of the Black Swan theory by Nicholas Taleb. A Black Swan is defined as an event which is unpredictable but once it breaks out its consequences are massive. Experts say up to 30 million people could die if a pandemic breaks out. The economic loss is massive. People ...

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72 days ago by Thinkaloo

The source of the virus reminds me of the Black Swan theory by Nicholas Taleb. A Black Swan is defined as an event which is unpredictable but once it breaks out its consequences are massive. Experts say up to 30 million people could die if a pandemic breaks out. The economic loss is massive. People ...

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