Nassim Taleb - Black Swans Will Make You Rich

Episode 51: The Black Swan - Nassim Taleb. Every podcast episode we explore a Lindy book, and find ideas you can use in business and life. Join 3,000+ curious minds and avid readers by subscribing @ rationalvc.com to get free access to essays and exclusive content.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro / Chit Chat
09:26 Structure of the episode
10:36 What is a Black Swan?
19:34 Human blindness to Black Swans
01:02:45 Mediocristan vs Extremistan
01:30:45 Bell Curve / Gaussian fraud
01:37:18 Why the Midwit meme is wrong
01:47:27 Leveraging Black Swans
01:58:34 Chapter overviews
02:19:16 Chapter 19 deep dive
02:27:58 Favourite quotes / our lives
02:37:09 Fat Tony
02:43:33 10 Principles for Black Swan robustness
02:48:54 Amor Fati

Links mentioned in the episode below:

Iman Tweet on daily routines of creatives:
Twitter: 1764721995743121415

Table 1 - Extremistan vs Mediocristan:
https://capitalideasonline.com/wordpr...

Vizi Andrei:
Twitter: viziandrei

Cyrus being interviewed on the Brick by Brick podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/54Rv...

Cyrus essay on Angel Investing (incl. Barbell Investing):
https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/a...

Cyrus essay on Tech Markets are Irrational:
https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/i...

Jack Raines FU Money ZeroHedge essay:
https://www.youngmoney.co/p/fck-money

WhosAria Bars of Wisdom newsletter:
https://www.barsofwisdom.com

Fat Tony's Community:
https://fattonys.net/

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