Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@stan_yurin @normonics @NachoOliveras You don't need a lot of data for Lindy. just prove it is a power law. 5 points suffice! — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

A person stopped cycling when his odometer ceased to function, waiting for a replacement. He felt his cycling "did not count". This explains the difference between an academic & a real scholar. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@stan_yurin @NachoOliveras Lindy does not mean alpha = 2 — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@stan_yurin All, depends on structure. Megacorps are borderline — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Am I the first to notice that she has a remarkable lung capacity to shout and scream but none for a surgical mask? — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@NachoOliveras @HsenAndil @Safaitic These are specific villages under Maronite feudal lords — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@HsenAndil @Safaitic In Amioun we use Tab3ak and Mte3in to describe people from poor villages. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@Marcellenassif @qarthage @Safaitic ذو — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@ndehouche @qarthage @Safaitic Weyn inta? Fransa؟ — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@HsenAndil @Safaitic Why is it that in Achrafieh it is تبعك? Different root? — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@SimonDeDeo Lebanon. Going there but must be tested twice. 4 days after arrival. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@diomavro @Extrachelle @_benoux_ I did not block Benoux because he is bullshitter (he is). I blocked him because he is in BAD FAITH. Gabish? @jbarrpartarr — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

In Egyptian becomes بتاعك . Just wondering abt ancient forms. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

PHILOLOGICAL RIDDLE DU JOUR In Maltese & South Med (& Beirut's Basta), yours is Tiegħek, تاعك but there is no obvious Semitic root. Hebrew is שלך and Arabic is clumsy خاصة بك Can it be that تبعك => تابع لك comes from it? Coincidence w/ the Latin "tua"! What is the @safaitic? — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@Marcellenassif Advice: buy something already built. Lots of unexpected problems. Sallmé khebzek lal khebbéz wlaw akal nesso! — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@pauld198 @DrCirillo @sardinan_guy Noura is very very good. Maybe the colors in the picture. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@pauld198 @DrCirillo @sardinan_guy Oh no! — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@jeff070 @DrCirillo @sardinan_guy É. Min l Ashrafié. M2abil mat3am Al Mayyas min ma jeddé eja senet 1923. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@DrCirillo @sardinan_guy Actually, being practically from Beirut (3rd generation, though officially from Ancestral Amioun), I can spot the quality of hummus from a picture. Let's see. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@DrCirillo You are realllllly looking for trouble. There are secrets & tricks that are NOT in the recipe books. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@heyShana Yes when the ship is drowning you need to sit down and worry about geopolitics. It is people saying such crap that are the cause of the disaster. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@GuruAnaerobic @TitusHora @davidboxenhorn Guru! Are you 59 now? — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@alxtoast Do you see ME taking instructions from some slow-thinking wage-slave bureaucrat? Do you want to be blocked? — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

3) Why keep Global Politics for later. [Chapter in SITG] https://t.co/jmQRStQC88 — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@Evi_Cy @ofer_rubin You read too much global politics propaganda. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@ndehouche In principle, any municipality is a private co-op group. Making it one single owner can be a problem. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@Evi_Cy False dichotomy. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

2) The idiots at the US State Dept should also stay out of finance. The incompetent US ambassador in #Lebanon made statements supporting #RiadPonzi the most dangerous central banker in history. This is economically and ethically unacceptable, Ambassador shd keep mouth shut. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Re: US Ambassador in #Lebanon, ftntes -Severe problems require coordination & harmony, & the U.S. State Dept is playing GEOPOLITICS at the wrong time -USSD employees are mostly dangerously clueless #IYI interventionistas who see the world ONLY in terms of Geopolitics #localism — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

2/ For books you reread, read both text and footnotes. — PolitiTweet.org