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Skin in the game : hidden asymmetries in daily life
Title:
Skin in the game : hidden asymmetries in daily life
Summary:
The phrase "skin in the game" is one we have often heard but have rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it's also an astonishingly complex worldview that applies to all aspects of our lives. Nassim Nicholas Taleb pulls on everything from Antaeus the Giant to Hammurabi to Donald Trump to Seneca to the ethics of disagreement to create a tapestry for understanding our world in a brand new way. Among his insights: For social justice, focus on symmetry and risk sharing -- Ethical rules aren't universal -- Minorities, not majorities, run the world -- You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot -- Beware of complicated solutions (that someone was paid to find) -- True religion is commitment, not just faith.
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction -- A first look at agency -- That greatest asymmetry -- Wolves among dogs -- Being alive means taking certain risks -- Deeper into agency -- Religion, belief, and skin in the game -- Risk and rationality -- Epilogue: What Lindy told me.
Physical Description:
xv, 279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher:
Random House,
Publication Date:
2018
ISBN:
9780425284629
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, [2018]
Call Number:
302 TALEB
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