<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Isegoria &#187; Nassim Nicholas Taleb</title>
	<atom:link href="https://www.isegoria.net/category/nassim-nicholas-taleb/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://www.isegoria.net</link>
	<description>From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 13:20:30 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Heuristics that have worked in the past</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/heuristics-that-have-worked-in-the-past/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/heuristics-that-have-worked-in-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 14:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gore Burnelli explains how Nassim Taleb changed his mind about religion; I used to unquestioningly accept the atheistic framing of the theism vs atheism debate, which presents religion as a collection of factual statements aimed at “explaining” what the world is and how it got that way, providing made up answers before we had science [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/heuristics-that-have-worked-in-the-past/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>He couldn’t carry on later</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/he-couldnt-carry-on-later/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/he-couldnt-carry-on-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2018 11:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43616</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a scene in Dostoevsky&#8217;s The Idiot that left 14-year-old Nassim Nicholas Taleb obsessed with the author: Prince Myshkin was giving this story. Actually, it was autobiographical for Dostoyevsky. He said he was going to be put to death. As they woke him up and were taking him to the execution place, he decided to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/he-couldnt-carry-on-later/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sophistication is actually a burden</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/sophistication-is-actually-a-burden/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/sophistication-is-actually-a-burden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb is not that ascetic: One day, I went with someone to dinner. I wanted go to a taverna, and, “Oh, no. We’ve got to go to a better restaurant.” So I ended up having a meal, which you have to realize the look of a meal in a three-star Michelin restaurant. We [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/sophistication-is-actually-a-burden/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>We’re gossip machines</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/were-gossip-machines/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/were-gossip-machines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We shouldn&#8217;t turn our backs on social media, Nassim Nicholas Taleb says, because social media is Lindy: Lindy means that there are things that are robust in time, like some basins that are robust in time. OK, the book is 500 years old under this form, and maybe several thousand years old under a different [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/were-gossip-machines/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>These smug pilots have lost touch with regular passengers like us</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/these-smug-pilots-have-lost-touch-with-regular-passengers-like-us/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/these-smug-pilots-have-lost-touch-with-regular-passengers-like-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s the best thing to do on an airplane? Twitter fight, Nassim Nicholas Taleb says: I tried to get in a fight with an Indian fellow who’s repeating that story that we’re refusing expertise at all. Remember that cartoon? They’re imitating that cartoon in The New Yorker that shows people with the sign that they [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/these-smug-pilots-have-lost-touch-with-regular-passengers-like-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Look at both sides of the scissors</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/look-at-both-sides-of-the-scissors/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/look-at-both-sides-of-the-scissors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb is housing six Syrian refugees: Let me tell you, the Ba’aths have indoctrinated people to the point of maybe no return. People understand that Assad is not a god, but I bet you a lot of Iraqis would like Saddam to come back after what they saw. The idea that they all [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/look-at-both-sides-of-the-scissors/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>You get all the things that you want done for 2 percent</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/you-get-all-the-things-that-you-want-done-for-2-percent/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/you-get-all-the-things-that-you-want-done-for-2-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Singapore antifragile? Singapore has size going for it. You see that we’re talking about a city-state. Who’s gonna invade it? One thing I’ve learned from history, particularly the Phoenicians. The Phoenicians don’t really have an army or an empire. At some point they had some army, but you might say it’s not economically viable. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/you-get-all-the-things-that-you-want-done-for-2-percent/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Some religions are religions</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/some-religions-are-religions/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/some-religions-are-religions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2018 11:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some religions are religions, Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains, while some religions are just bodies of laws: Judaism and Islam are not religions like Christianity is a religion, the exact opposite. Let me explain. The foundation of Judaism was law, but it was minuscule, it was for a tribe. It was law: “you should not go and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/some-religions-are-religions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>We’re not in here to eat mozzarella and go to Tuscany</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/were-not-in-here-to-eat-mozzarella-and-go-to-tuscany/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/were-not-in-here-to-eat-mozzarella-and-go-to-tuscany/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The point is that we are imperfect, Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains: And the way you can function best is accepting we’re imperfect. It’s why we have theology. You want perfection, you can find it in theosis and find a lot of things. Incidentally, to go back to the idea of being orthodox, theosis is a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/were-not-in-here-to-eat-mozzarella-and-go-to-tuscany/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>You should try practice, then theory</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/you-should-try-practice-then-theory/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/you-should-try-practice-then-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isegoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb had plenty to say to Bryan Caplan about what&#8217;s missing in education: You know the Romans despised theory, and the Greeks despised practice, which is why The Black Swan is dedicated to Mandelbrot, a Greek among Romans, and the next one is dedicated to Ron Paul, a Roman among Greeks. [...] The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/you-should-try-practice-then-theory/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
