Category: Taleb
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Black swans are everywhere at the moment: And here’s why code trumps bricks and mortar in the future of education
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There are two writers that always make me feel a little smarter after I read anything they write. One is Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The other is Naval Ravikant. Taleb often talks about something called the Lindy Effect. You can look it up but in my words, it means that if something has endured for a…
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, your grandmother’s advice and Tikanga Māori
Lebanese–American writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb is one of my heroes. I won’t go into the details of why here but if you’ve read any of his books we can be friends. I’ve been thinking about Taleb and my experience of the meaning of tikanga – the right way of doing things. Taleb doesn’t write about…
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Cooking Is The Best Metaphor For Understanding What Actually Happens In Teaching
Cooking is the best metaphor for understanding what actually happens in teaching.