Lebanese-American mathematical statistician, option trader, risk analyst and author (born 1960)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.
You may not be able to change the world but can at least get some entertainment and make a living out of the epistemic arrogance of the human race.
My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don’t have the guts to sometimes say: I don’t know....