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Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2017 · 292 pages

4 people have this book on the record — 3 of 4 verdicts positive. The dissent stays on the page.

The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 6d is days, 4yr is years.

Mark Manson mixed on it affiliate
Strangely, it’s in maybe Taleb’s worst book that I found him the most tolerable?

on markmanson.net · 1 Mar 2021

Naval Ravikant loved it
Beginning of Infinity, Rational Optimist, Skin in the Game are all amazing. If you want more eastern philosophy, try Siddhartha, I am That, Jed McKenna.

on X · 17 Jan 2021

Jason Evanish recommends it affiliate
Nassim Taleb is a modern philosopher the world needs. This book is a massive step up in his writing abilities compared to Antifragile, and still packs the same punch of great insights and lessons. So much of the world can be understood by simply understanding if someone has true "skin in the game" or not, and Taleb expands on this concept and many others that will improve your life and decision making.

on jasonevanish.com · 28 Oct 2020

Derek Sivers liked it
Taleb is always filled with surprising ideas and confrontational bragging. Ignore the hot air and gather the gems. Great thoughts around putting your ass on the line with consequences — not just thinking things in theory but doing things in reality — in the real world.

on sive.rs · 15 Aug 2020

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That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.