What Is the Biggest Difference Between Poetry and the Humanities?

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i want to separate things you do to be civilized from the rearts. And this is why i etie to long of matmatics. But i know them. An i would says, i don't take civilization for gret at all. What i say is that it can't possibly be the case that an education in libs humanities is causing civilization or sustaining it because rirsly kno is knowledge. So given them allost no one all can answer even basin questions about the stuff. Actlly agree with i think theon on point that destroy civilege as e the the destride civilization. Go to church. Is pont for anything. Prefet go go to church because

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.

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