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Risking Your Own Skin: The Hidden Asymmetry of Everyday Life

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Risking Your Own Skin: The Hidden Asymmetry of Everyday Life
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In his sharply provocative yet profoundly pragmatic book, the inimitable Nassim Taleb explains the importance of identifying and filtering nonsense, distinguishing theory from practice, and superficial competence from genuine one. You will learn about rationality in complex systems and the real world, symmetry and asymmetry, and the logic of risk-taking. Giving new meaning to familiar concepts such as "a just society," "professional success," and "personal responsibility," and unafraid to offend the egos of recognized idols, Taleb debunks the hypocrisy of the ideologists behind military interventions in Iraq and Libya; the failure of Nobel laureates in economics who ruined banks and investment funds; and deceitful religious preachers. Using the examples of Hammurabi and Jesus Christ, Roman and Byzantine emperors, Stoic philosophers, and modern successful businessmen, Taleb demonstrates that the main quality uniting them all is "putting one's skin and soul on the line" rather than transferring risk to others.
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