The History of the Phoenicians

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Nicholas tala: The history of Greece is fairly predictable in a sense. He says the first thing on osate, or the place of theaas came not from within bat. Came from aastetians and lebanon at the trunk of the mammals - caused immediately as a reaction, the cristians togoon. What is the role of the phoenicians in you thought at imeetosoe recentsenc surpulating that the phoenician dod exist, and not trui thinkno?

Though what Taleb was really after was a discussion with Bryan Caplan (which starts at 51:50), the philosopher, mathematician, and author most recently of *Skin in the Game* also generously agreed to a conversation with Tyler.

They discuss the ancient Phoenicians and Greco-Roman heritage of Lebanon, philology, genetics, the blockchain, driverless cars, the advantages of Twitter fights, how to think about religion, fancy food vs. Auntie Anne's pretzels, autodidactism, The Desert of the Tartar, why Taleb refused to give a book tour, inverse role models, why math isn't just a young man's game, and more.

Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Click here for the full transcript where Bryan Caplan interviews Nassim.

Recorded May 2nd, 2018 Other ways to connect

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