Episode · Timcast IRL · 2021-08-19
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #354 - China Vows To DESTROY US Troops In Taiwan, Take Island w/Posobiec & Forrest Cooper
Tim, Ian, and Lydia jointly host digital editor of Recoil Magazine and former Army Ranger Forrest Cooper and journalist at Human Events and former Navy officer Jack Posobiec to examine China's troll-l
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Black Swan
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a provocative non-fiction book exploring the massive impact of rare, highly improbable events and human society's systemic blindness to uncertainty.
Discussed“one of the the title of the Blackstone event is most often attributed to Nicholas Naseem to Leb um now he is a he's both an economist he's been he's a professor he's he's an author he's kind of one of those Auto phages he's accomplished many things um but he um he wrote a book called The Black Swan”
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Antifragile
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.
Recommended“going back to Nicholas Nicholas Nasim taleb if you read if you want to read three books of his Black Swan anti-fragile skin in the game skin in the game means if I'm not if I'm the guy on the ground I know that I can make decisions because I know that if I'm looking at a combatant or non-combatant”
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Skin in the Game
Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a provocative philosophical exploration of risk, accountability, and asymmetry in human systems.
Recommended“going back to Nicholas Nicholas Nasim taleb if you read if you want to read three books of his Black Swan anti-fragile skin in the game skin in the game means if I'm not if I'm the guy on the ground I know that I can make decisions because I know that if I'm looking at a combatant or non-combatant”
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