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Reddit's Take On Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Boastful, Brilliant Or Both?
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 1:20pm | 320The unpredictability of the Brexit vote has led to some spirited financial debates on social media in the past week. One Reddit discussion focused on Nassim Nicholas Taleb. In addition to being a best-selling author, the Lebanese-American statistician is also a former derivatives trader and hedge...
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Nassim Taleb In Rare Interview: 'Controlling Variability Has Never Been A Good Idea, In Any Domain'
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 3:14pm | 391Nassim Taleb, one of the world's most influential thought leaders in the area of statistics, spoke with Benzinga partner James Altucher on Tuesday. Only the second interview he's given in 2014, Taleb is the author of "Fooled By Randomness," "The Black Swan" and...
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Nassim Taleb Likes Steve Jobs, Not Apple
Friday, January 25, 2013 - 5:02pm | 814Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, isn't a fan of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). In his most recent book, Antifragile, Taleb makes numerous references to the Apple products he owns and draws on the wisdom of the late Steve Jobs to help support some of his arguments. But despite his high opinion of...