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Episode · EconTalk · 2022-07-11

Books mentioned on Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale

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A language, a flag, a national anthem and shared history—like a heart that has to pump harder to support a heavier body, the bigger a nation gets, the harder to curate an identity. Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks about scale and governance with EconTalk host Russ Roberts.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Antifragile

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb · at 23:12

    Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a provocative nonfiction book arguing that certain systems, leaders, and individuals actually gain strength and thrive when exposed to disorder, stress, and volatility.

    Discussed
    “so so we gotta back up we gotta back up the whole the whole point that that i understand you to be making both in the pieces that you've written recently and going back to your books get in the game and anti-fragile”
    Russ Roberts Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale 2022-07-11 Listen at 23:12
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. Skin in the Game

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb · at 23:12

    Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a provocative philosophical exploration of risk, accountability, and asymmetry in human systems.

    Discussed
    “so so we gotta back up we gotta back up the whole the whole point that that i understand you to be making both in the pieces that you've written recently and going back to your books get in the game and anti-fragile”
    Russ Roberts Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale 2022-07-11 Listen at 23:12
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Antifragile
“and i discussed that antifragile turned out to be fragile empires feared”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale 2022-07-11 Listen at 8:55
Own book Antifragile
“and to use an example i i have an anti-fragile the story of the rabbi who one day was asked by the king to find a solution to the following problem”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale 2022-07-11 Listen at 16:17
Own book Fooled by Randomness
“now uh the the the the the this is very similar to food by randomness the problem by randomness”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale 2022-07-11 Listen at 49:57
Own book Fooled by Randomness
“okay and and i gave the example and food by randomness by saying if something has a one unit of standard deviation for one unit of returns”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale 2022-07-11 Listen at 50:54
Own book Fooled by Randomness
“so so i mean think like that the the the the mechanism is very linked to fooled by randomness”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale 2022-07-11 Listen at 53:32