Great post, thanks. I also got bogged with interest at the second one down by Taleb who wrote “The Black Swan” and “Antifragile.”*
These all seem very interesting, and all seem worth reading through even is some are stupid and I disagree! This is a long and complicated compilation of essays, NOT just a slide show for clicks!
I think few if any Freepers here have actually read and thought about all of these 150 essays in the time since this article was posted on FR! (I am impressed by anyone who really did! Tell us so we can clap for you!) It’s the kind of long publication you pick at a little, or you work through.
You will learn on some...
You will get thinking practice on some...
You will get CRITICAL thinking practice on some that are stupid...
And on the things stupid, with which you disagree, you will learn the way that those people think, so you can be the opposition if it comes to that!
It is WAY less irksome to read this than reading posts at “DU” to keep up with the bad guys!
What We Learn From Firefighters
How Fat Are the Fat Tails?
Oh, I used the direct link from “Jim from C-Town” without thinking about it and did not realize that the original post is linked to a site that only SUMMARIZES the 150 points.
Y’all use the direct link (thanks to “Jim from C-Town”) if you want to read all the essays, and wonder what I was talking about immediately above.
http://www.edge.org/responses/q2013