Friday, August 29, 2025

Nassim Taleb, "The World in Which we Live"

Notes from video:
0) Skin in the game isn't a deterrent, it's a filter.

1) Concentration - Winner take all effect.

2) History is a process (not a point in time).

3) There is an S-curve in life

4) Immigration (to fill the bottom of the S-curve)

5) We trade information now (media)

6) Government % GDP up

7) Size/ Scale matters as a central element as a description of everyday life:

Proper Proportions (Ordo Amoris): 

Libertarian Gov - Federal/ National level
Republican Gov - State level
Democratic Gov - Municipal level
Communist Gov - Family level
City-state model (small) governments best

14 comments:

Victor said...

The Secret Language of the Progressive Communist Democrats, and How to Spot Them by Their Commonly Used The Secret Language of the Progressive Communist Democrats, and How to Spot Them by Their Commonly Used Words
The Progressive Douchbag is like a linguistic minefield, a deliberate kaleidoscope of ever-shifting definitions designed to disorient and disarm. Words like “justice,” “equity,” or “ “Fuhrer”, and especially Nazi”. are weaponized, their meanings twisted to fit the narrative du jour, leaving you scrambling to keep up or risk being branded a heretic. Speak out, question the dogma, and you’re slapped with a label—“bigot,” “phobe,” or “denier”—a scarlet letter meant to shame you into silence. It’s not just about controlling speech; it’s about controlling thought, redefining reality itself to enforce compliance. This isn’t progress; it’s a power play, a relentless assault on clarity and dissent
Even if you’re in an everyday simple conversation, suddenly the Progressive starts throwing around words you’ve never heard outside a college classroom or even in a therapy session. That’s not an accident. Progressives have built their own coded language a mix of seminar-room jargon, therapy-speak, and activist typical Liberal buzzwords designed to signal that think they are more enlightened, more empathetic, and more righteous than you are!
They actually tey to end the debate, by name calling, and calling people distrustful, and creates invisible landmines in everyday discussions. In short: if you don’t talk their talk, you’re the enemy! You are then the “Nazi” Ten will end the conversation by Flipping Victim & Criminal: Words where the “Criminal” becomes the Victim!

Suzanne said...

Wearing the clothes associated primarily with the other sex is a Sickness in it’s own right!.

Applepie said...

The progressive press propagandists don't hold the sway they used to. They've screamed "wolf" too many times and they have rung the clappers off the alarm bells.

Good people don't like being called nazis, and millions will go to the polls simply to vote against whoever is smearing them
On another note, They tried to stop our President but he beat them all!

The President just enjoyed his birthday and he is stonger and more viril that any of those pussies on the left

Applepie said...

Exactly Who Blog is this?
Joe Conservative‘’s or Lester Carpenters ?
Lately is. been difficult to tell. Because the Schmuck Les is here spreading his lies , and Poison more often than the author is!

Joe Conservative said...

This blog permits all non-spam comments... even if Les is stuck on stupid, yet still "original" comments. He's angry. I get it.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Everyone should be angry that fascists are ruining the United States. Everyone excepting those who love fascism.

Joe Conservative said...

No, everyone should be angry at a bloated and out of control National Government that enables national fascist (socialism).

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

And an example of this socialist/fascism would be the government owning a stake in Intel?

Joe Conservative said...

That's one acknowledgement of it. Fascism and "concentration" of powers in the federal government go hand in hand. It's a winner take all result (per Taleb lecture).

Joe Conservative said...

But hey, you're a big government fan... so why do scream about fascism and pretend to be anti-fascist?

Joe Conservative said...

...and a 10% stake is cheap for an IC backdoor into every computer running an Intel MicroProcessor.

Les Carpenter said...

The FOTUS and his mushroom sucking party are the Deep State Of America.

Joe Conservative said...

No, they're only the new Palantir and Salesforce algorithms.

Anonymous said...

Why don’t you go Play in Traffic!