I hope you were able to enjoy and get something out of The Black Swan. It was a book I discovered inadvertently and never would have read, but I think it has been healthy for me to read an insightful book far outside the reach of my own interests and field of study. Personally, one of the things I liked about this book was its applicability. I am not very interested in economics, in general, but many of Taleb’s ideas about history, social studies, physics, etc. were interesting and applied to my particular world view and even field of study. So here is to reading outside of the box!
Like I mentioned before, there are too many ideas expressed in this book to cover all of them, so my questions will only be a cursory and random sampling. Feel free to ask your own questions for discussion, or your own ideas which relate to the book.
I tried attaching a couple of articles that I thought related quite nicely, but it didn't work. Instead of that, why don't you make a comment below if you want to read one (or more) of them, and I will email the ones you want to you!
Hugh Nibley, “Zeal Without Knowledge.”
Hugh Nibley, “Work We Must, but the Lunch Is Free.”
Hugh Nibley, “Leaders to Managers: The Fatal Shift.”
Hugh Nibley, “Educating the Saints.”
Hugh Nibley, “Mediocre Meditations on the Media.”
Hugh Nibley, "The Day of the Amateur"
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OK, I'll be honest. I've only read part 1 thus far, but I intend to finish this book. I thought I'd comment based on what I've read so far, because I don't know how many others have read this one. I know Blair opted out after the prologue. I have not been very impressed with the book, so far. But I'm hoping he can manage to say more in the next half of the book than he has in the first.
Oh, and I still need to read the other Hugh Nibley stuff you sent Adam. I'm a slacker. But I would probably be interested in some of those articles.
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