Key point: Because, to repeat, life is sacrifice and risk taking, and nothing that doesn’t entail some moderate amount of the former, under the constraint of satisfying the latter, is close to what we can call life. If you do not undertake a risk of real, reversible or even potentially irreversible, harm from an adventure, it is not an adventure.
But more importantly, Taleb discusses Jesus' skin in the game and Trump's skin in the game as something genuine.
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Taleb’s website: http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/
Most enjoyable. And true.
“He had skin in the game.”
So damned tired of hearing this. Uttered a few times by Obama and repeated by everyone and their brother. Same with “game-changer”....and then there’s the “Mother of all (fill in the blank)”, which started with Saddam Hussein in late 1990 or early 1991 when he referred to the “Mother of all battles” during the build-up to Desert Storm (Desert Shield). You might think it sounds cool and clever but it’s really kind of pathetic to echo these handy little catch-phrases. It’s starting to look (and sound) like the American people haven’t got an original bone in their body.
Someday, someday soon, I'm going to drive right by a Chick-fil-A.
If I can screw up enough courage within myself, I may even go inside. How's that for risk-taking bravery? (think I could dare ask for a few more pickle slices on the 'original' chicken sandwich? Or would that be a bridge too far?)
Another chapter from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Skin in the Game, just in time for Easter - just posted here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3544340/posts?page=1
Key point: “I appeal to you therefore brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” [Romans 12:1]