Chaos Is Good for You

Can we exploit the fact that life is unpredictable, chaotic, full of shocks and disasters? Trader-turned-scholar Nassim Nicholas Taleb is based at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and the University of Oxford. His latest book is Antifragile: How To Live in a World We Don't Understand. Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2012-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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