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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Rationality, Risk, and Skin in the Game

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• ▶ What Can Nassim Taleb Teach Us About Probabilities at 2:12 Share Transcript
• ▶ What Trading Rule Does Nassim Taleb Say Keeps a Trader Alive? at 6:42 Share Transcript
• ▶ How Do You Gamble Without Losing Money at 8:47 Share Transcript
• ▶ What Is Mental Accounting and Why Is It Important at 9:30 Share Transcript
• ▶ How Can Something Safe Also Be Incredibly Risky at 16:26 Share Transcript
• ▶ Why Won't Nassim Taleb Sit Down at a Casino Table? at 24:04 Share Transcript
• ▶ What Is the Rationality of Religion at 25:30 Share Transcript
• ▶ What Is the Meaning of "skin in the Game" at 40:44 Share Transcript
• ▶ How Did Losing Money Help President Trump Get Elected at 44:39 Share Transcript
• ▶ Who Should We Fail and Who Should We Bail at 46:41 Share Transcript