Results 1 ... 21 found in asciilifeform for 'taleb'
dulapbot: Logged on 2021-02-12 20:11:40 asciilifeform: late-era sovok contained quite a few figures resembling, imho more than superficially, taleb -- i.e. 'dissidents' which were nominally in opposition to it (but vanished into insignificance with its collapse) , nominally 'oppressed' (while occupying plum jobs -- 'writer's union' came w/ massive leisure, primo food, vacation house, car, sometimes -- driver)
vex: I read Mr taleb did decry bc on twitter re recent cheapser
dulapbot: Logged on 2021-02-12 20:11:40 asciilifeform: late-era sovok contained quite a few figures resembling, imho more than superficially, taleb -- i.e. 'dissidents' which were nominally in opposition to it (but vanished into insignificance with its collapse) , nominally 'oppressed' (while occupying plum jobs -- 'writer's union' came w/ massive leisure, primo food, vacation house, car, sometimes -- driver)
asciilifeform: iirc d00d had a crankcase full of rather talebesque diet, etc. crackpotteries
punkman: apparently the saifedean guy got taleb to write foreword for his bitcoin book
punkman: davout: silly paper, been watching taleb derp about it on twitter
asciilifeform: taleb & co know full well that bitcoin doesn't 'require maintenance', and don't actually believe any of the howlers they regularly emit. but willing to lie for money, is how 'being rich' worx in the modern world.
davout: meanwhile, http://fr.anco.is/2021/07/lets-do-some-taleb
asciilifeform: davout: see also
davout is writing about taleb's buttcoin "black paper". guy lost some davout points
snsabot: Logged on 2021-02-12 20:11:40 asciilifeform: late-era sovok contained quite a few figures resembling, imho more than superficially, taleb -- i.e. 'dissidents' which were nominally in opposition to it (but vanished into insignificance with its collapse) , nominally 'oppressed' (while occupying plum jobs -- 'writer's union' came w/ massive leisure, primo food, vacation house, car, sometimes -- driver)
snsabot: Logged on 2021-02-12 19:28:52 thimbronion: Taleb reportedly selling his Bitcoin. WTF happened to that guy?
shinohai: Taleb joined Hoaxtoshi and is speaking remotely at the "BSV conference"
shinohai: https://twitter.com/Nakadai_mon/status/1403040619229069318 <<< Taleb looks like "what dafuq have I done?"
asciilifeform: this is worth remembering when you find yourself turning into present-day taleb, esr, et al., because 'hey i enjoyed book in 2010'.
asciilifeform: late-era sovok contained quite a few figures resembling, imho more than superficially, taleb -- i.e. 'dissidents' which were nominally in opposition to it (but vanished into insignificance with its collapse) , nominally 'oppressed' (while occupying plum jobs -- 'writer's union' came w/ massive leisure, primo food, vacation house, car, sometimes -- driver)
asciilifeform: thimbronion: when reading his pieces, asciilifeform could barely contain gag reflext, taleb went on, and on, and on... pete_dushenski style, re his glorious pedigree, and 'culture of the levant', esteemed ancestors, etc etc
asciilifeform: taleb's pieces oozed just the 'right' sort of narcissism. and 'truthiness'.
snsabot: (trilema) 2014-06-18 asciilifeform: herr taleb alternates between ruminating on his personal sense of brilliance and excellent pedigree, and... punching a boxer's bag. how much fun to watch a man punch a bag?
thimbronion: Taleb reportedly selling his Bitcoin. WTF happened to that guy?