Conversations with tyler is produced by the mercatus centr at george mason university, bridging the gap between academic ideas and real world problems. This episode does contain some explicit language, so if you're listening with kids around, you might want to pop in the ear buzz for this one. We'll be back in two weeks with tyler's conversation with david brooks.
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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