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Ironically, he has no real "skin in the game" on almost every topic he talks about, which kind of proves the point of this book.

It's sad really. If he didn't have such a narcissistic personality and possessed more modesty he could have been one of the great thinkers of our day.

His life is a cautionary tale.

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It's so remarkable I'd almost think it's some kind of long performance art piece. There's a very surreal moment when you've read a bunch of Taleb's writing on the importance of honor and craft and the problems with detached, thin-skinned pseudo-intellectuals who get involved in fields they don't understand and constantly bullshit to prop up their egos... and then check out his twitter. It's the best lesson of all: no one wants to do the hard part, not even the ones telling you to do the hard part. Even writing a book about how important it is to have skin in the game doesn't cover up not having skin in the game.

I think you're misunderstanding skin in the game. It's about putting one's skin into the game of interventionist decisions which could have a real impact if incorrect. If I say "Pepperoni pizza is the best and everyone should know it," SITG doesn't apply.

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