Episode Archive
27 episodes of Wiser Than Yesterday since the first episode, which aired on March 5th, 2020.
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12. Skin in the Game - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
June 7th, 2020 | Season 2 | 36 mins 10 secs
philosophy, statistics, taleb
Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life. Having a measurable risk when taking a major decision -- is necessary for fairness, commercial efficiency, and risk management, as well as being necessary to understand the world.
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11. Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
May 20th, 2020 | Season 2 | 57 mins 41 secs
economics, philosophy, self improvement
Things that Gain from Disorder.
We discuss the concepts of things that thrive and grow when exposed to volatility.
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10. The Bed of Procrustes - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
May 14th, 2020 | Season 2 | 36 mins 32 secs
aphorisms, philosophy, wisdom
Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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9. The Black Swan - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
May 7th, 2020 | Season 2 | 40 mins 4 secs
The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events — and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively.
It was published in 2007, by author and former options trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb. -
8. Fooled By Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
May 3rd, 2020 | Season 2 | 33 mins 25 secs
economy, philosophy, trading
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets is a book that deals with the fallibility of human knowledge.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains how we delude ourselves into thinking untrue things due to our love of finding a story or reason when none exists.