EconTalk cover image

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Black Swans, Fragility, and Mistakes

EconTalk

00:00

The Third Dimension of Uncertainty

There's something people call dread risk. We are wired for er, er, some classes of risk avoidance. It makes us overestimate the os of some event at the expense of others. For example, i don't care about the computation of that hadron calider. I just don't want it to take place s some risks that you overestimate.

Play episode from 35:34
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app