I avoid reading nonmath recent books. But if I do, best heu… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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I avoid reading nonmath recent books. But if I do, best heuristic: avoid books on the NYT list of "Notable Books"

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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