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A review by larsinio
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.0
Not quite the tour-de-force Antifragile is, SITG is primarily a coda for Taleb's incerto. A very compelling, hilarious coda.
Taleb has gone through a considerable transformation during these four books - becoming ever more outspoken against objects of deplorability, ever more outspoken of western political approaches, ever more outspoken of wahabism/salafism.
and i love him for it. He even takes the steps to push all the technical justification for his views on fat-tails into a big technical appendix - leaving more time for taleb to make his varied points.
He jokes, teases, and rewards the reader. Subtle nods to stories and aspects of previous works are enjoyed here. Its clear hes having a ton of fun with the writing.
However all of this makes this book not quite the standalone success the others are - it builds upon the other books in a way that cant be separated. Black swan, fooled, antifragile could all be read by someone in isolation. This book is too self referential for that. So for taleb-veterans only, and specifically you have to have read Antifragile.
Haters of taleb will still continue to hate. So-called experts of all fields, militarists, fools of the cult of scientism.
The biggest takeaways from this tome are the silver rule (do not do to others as you would not want them to do to you), and the importance of the survival instinct. theres plenty of other informal heuristics that are gold as well.
Read with a friend for maximum enjoyment.
Taleb has gone through a considerable transformation during these four books - becoming ever more outspoken against objects of deplorability, ever more outspoken of western political approaches, ever more outspoken of wahabism/salafism.
and i love him for it. He even takes the steps to push all the technical justification for his views on fat-tails into a big technical appendix - leaving more time for taleb to make his varied points.
He jokes, teases, and rewards the reader. Subtle nods to stories and aspects of previous works are enjoyed here. Its clear hes having a ton of fun with the writing.
However all of this makes this book not quite the standalone success the others are - it builds upon the other books in a way that cant be separated. Black swan, fooled, antifragile could all be read by someone in isolation. This book is too self referential for that. So for taleb-veterans only, and specifically you have to have read Antifragile.
Haters of taleb will still continue to hate. So-called experts of all fields, militarists, fools of the cult of scientism.
The biggest takeaways from this tome are the silver rule (do not do to others as you would not want them to do to you), and the importance of the survival instinct. theres plenty of other informal heuristics that are gold as well.
Read with a friend for maximum enjoyment.