This Author's Titles Are So Important, I Wrote an Entire Chapter About Them! | Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, joins The James Altucher Show to discuss technology and how different systems handle disorder. As humans evolve, technology is constantly being upgraded and replaced with new concepts and ideas. Today, we use technology in almost every aspect of our lives, but do we really understand the advantages and disadvantages of constantly being computerized?In Nassim's book The Black Swan, he highlighted for readers the unusual and unpredictable events that underlie almost everything about our world. Now with his book Antifragile, readers are presented with why we should embrace these uncertainties. The ideas and concepts that Nassim presents today for our listeners are beyond anything you have heard before. Nassim and James talk about several ways that disorder in your life will actually make you stronger. As Nassim tells James in the interview, "If you don't have variability in your life, you are not human." The key is to take these shocks and disruptions and become - as Nassim says - antifragile, making you stronger, more creative, and better able to adapt to each new challenge you face.Nothing is certain in this world; this episode will have you questioning everything you thought you knew.------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book Skip the Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The only thing you have to know about Naseem Taleb's books are the titles.
0:11.9	Anti-fragile, the black swan, skin in the game, and fooled by randomness.
0:17.5	Like if you just think about those titles, like obviously skin in the game, you know,
0:22.8	if I think what might that be about?
0:25.0	It means that basically you'll do a better job at an activity if somehow or other you
0:31.0	have skin in the game.
0:32.4	And what Naseem Taleb means is like, like let's say you're a reporter writing about investing.
0:38.2	Well, you don't have skin in the game because you're not invested in the companies.
0:42.7	So your reporting might not be as knowledgeable, and this is not your folder's report.
0:47.2	It might not be as knowledgeable as someone who does have skin in the game, like someone
0:50.6	who invested in the stock.
0:52.4	So that's just one example, but there's billions others.
0:55.7	Anti-fragile means not the same as resilient.
1:00.6	Resiliency refers to, oh bad things are happening, but I'm going to keep on going.
1:05.4	It's actually bad things are happening, and that's what makes me stronger.
1:09.1	So that's what anti-fragile is about.
1:12.3	But despite what I'm just saying, that you just need to know the titles, it is still super
1:17.6	fascinating to talk to the man himself, Naseem Taleb.
1:22.0	This again was recorded a long time ago, but it's evergreen.
1:26.6	It had such impact on my life just talking to him that seven years later, I would love
1:31.1	to release it again.
1:32.8	Here it is, Naseem Taleb.
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