The Power of Your Ideas Is Not New

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"There's nothing new under the sun to take a very old insight. What's new is how we think about them," he says. "The power of your ideas is that they get in your bones, and you go deeper and deeper into these ideas." 'I'm not writing close ended books, as i said in an introduction, i'm not writing on close topics,' writes Ben Affleck.

Nassim Taleb, author of Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about antifragility, the concept behind Taleb's next book, a work in progress. Taleb talks about how we can cope with our ignorance and uncertainty in a complex world. Topics covered include health, finance, political systems, the Fed, your career, Seneca, shame, heroism, and a few more.