April 6, 2023· 56 min

Nassim Taleb on What Bitcoiners, Anti-Vaxxers and Deadlift Maxis All Get Wrong

Nassim Taleb

Orality

Model

50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(2,118 words)

M:94%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,233 words)

M:95%

GuestNassim Taleb(6,237 words)

M:29%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic34%

huge, absolutely, very

Engagement90%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, so

Repetition100%

know (99x), it's (97x), like (76x)

Parallelism90%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But I am happy to be back and ..., And I missed you too, Joy....

Sound Patterns72%

75 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases10%

let me tell you, you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging6%

might, quite, could

Passive Voice5%

been blocked, been unblocked, were excluded

Abstract Nouns18%

investment, vacation, personality

Subordination10%

while, because, whereas

Sentence Length30%

Avg: 12.5 words/sentence

Word Complexity45%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers3%

the literature

Impersonal Style10%

932 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style67%

really, actually, honestly

Description

Nassim Taleb has never been shy about expressing his viewpoints on a wide range of topics. But lately he's been getting into verbal tussles with people who have long looked up to his wisdom. Whether it's Bitcoiners, venture capitalists, deadlifters, or anti-vaxxers, many people within these communities have admired his philosophy of antifragility. So why has he taken to arguing with them on Twitter? What exactly are they getting wrong about his ideas? And for that matter, why has he himself gotten into cycling lately? In this wide ranging conversation, the author of books such as Antifragile, The Black Swan, and Fooled by Randomness talks about all these topics and more — including how to think about reducing tail risk in one's own life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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