Nassim Nicholas Taleb spent twenty-one years as a risk
taker before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical,
and (mostly) practical problems with probability. Although he
spends most of his time as a flâneur, meditating in cafes across
the planet, he is currently Distinguished Professor at New York
University's Tandon School of Engineering but self-funds his own
research.
His books, Antifragile, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes and
Fooled by Randomness (part of a multi-volume collection called
Incerto, Latin for uncertainty), have been translated into
thirty-seven languages. Taleb has authored more than fifty
scholarly papers as backup to Incerto, ranging from international
affairs and risk management to statistical physics. He refuses all
awards and honours as they debase knowledge by turning it into
competitive sports.
The hottest thinker in the world
*The Times*
The most prophetic voice of all
*GQ*
Taleb's insatiable polymathic curiosity knows no bounds
*New Statesman*
Imagine someone with the erudition of Pico de la Mirandola, the
skepticism of Montaigne, solid mathematical training, a restless
globetrotter, polyglot, enjoyer of fine wines, specialist of
financial derivatives, irrepressible reader, and irascible to the
point of readily slapping a disciple
*La Tribune, Paris*
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