Skin in the Game
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Skin in the Game
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From the critically acclaimed author of The Black Swan, a groundbreaking new work that questions conventional ideas about risk and reward, politics and spirituality, finance and personal integrity.
In this thought-provoking and pragmatic book, a leading intellectual of our time redefines the concept of understanding, achieving success, promoting fairness and justice, detecting deception, and influencing others. Drawing on examples from ancient times to modern day figures such as Hammurabi, Seneca, Antaeus the Giant, and even Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains the importance of individuals being willing to take on their own risks, a characteristic shared by heroes, saints, and prosperous individuals in all fields.
With his signature style of being both accessible and unorthodox, Taleb challenges traditional beliefs about the values of those who lead military interventions, make financial decisions, and spread religious beliefs. Some of his insights include: