Navigating Chaos and Asymmetry with the Barbell Strategy

“A Stoic is a Buddhist with attitude”

How do you not just survive in chaos, but benefit from it?

In this podcast, Caleb and Michael review Nassim Taleb’s book “Antifragile.” In it, Taleb describes a Stoic philosophy grounded in the realities of randomness and practice.

They talk about how ideas from this book have impacted them – and the questions of theory and practice that remain.

(06:43) Antifragility

(25:55) The Barbell Strategy

(37:22) Skin In The Game

(45:40) Stoic Skin In The Game

(47:04) How Stoic Is This Book?

(53:23) Different Kinds Of Lives

(01:01:41) The Greek vs Roman Stoics

(01:06:47) The Philosopher King

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