Greek/Helenic DNA?

Finally w/@PZalloua we have full DNA of the Greek Orthodox from the Koura [blue].
As expected, they are ~ indistinguishable from Cypriots. But, TOTALLY unexpected: also indistinguishable from Maltese! Science is beautiful.
We don't have Crete yet.
Paper in progress. pic.twitter.com/KUpbboRXc7

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) October 31, 2021

Stephen Wolfram and Taleb

OK, it took me 3 days to finish this 3 hour, 31 min. video conversation between @stephen_wolfram and @nntaleb. Well worth the time to further explore where your (my) ideas diverge and converge, Superb! https://t.co/bbEqsNIttl

— Jaffer Ali (@jaffer_ali1) August 1, 2021

Should Taleb Meet with the Maronite Patriarch to Discuss the Political Future of Lebanon?

6) These idiots from the #Lebanese "civil society" cannot grasp that we must avoid a revolution.
They practically ALL end poorly (BTW the American Rev. was a separatist movement, not a revolution).

Work on gradual evolution. Pick the least bad PM.https://t.co/kEAPxFC5Pc

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) July 27, 2021

Taleb on Minority Rule

The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority by @nntaleb https://t.co/CrrbJC38cZ

— Razib 🥥 Khan (@razibkhan) May 13, 2021

Taleb Has His Own Version of TDS

The intellectuals think they are better than Trump, but they could never energize the base like he did.

People buy same music/books/games as their friends, just *to belong*. Same clustering w/political movements.

But, no, no no: many conservatives DO NOT want to cluster w/the fellow below.
Uneasy w/Trump, it took ~5 y for them to turn on him. https://t.co/XEp1DNU5Yu

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) January 22, 2021

Taleb May be Wrong on Trump

But his take on localism is ok.

For Libertarianism to survive & solve its otherwise fatal contradictions, it must embrace localism, & realize that Liberty is multiscale. https://t.co/c10fimJnew

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) January 17, 2021

A lot of North America is built in these high-maintenance layouts. We need to build smarter, in sustainable community formats rather than being dependent on new construction & crumbling infrastructure: The Illusion of Wealth: Curbside Chat https://t.co/rc5sZmhItm via @StrongTowns

— Rebecca Tiffany (@rebeccajtiffany) January 17, 2021

Taleb is Fundamentally Aligned with the Revolutionaries

Having accepted the lie of the proposition nation?

2) Now one MUST wonder: what abt those on the left who also called for violent insurrection agst elected govmnt?

Perhaps there is something about right wing-racial supremacist weirdoes that is especially dangerous, or morally repelling compared to rebellion by race victims.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) January 11, 2021

Optimized for Failure

If you set out to design a social-political-economic system that was supremely optimized for failure, you'd end up with America's status quo. https://t.co/FACXswewk7

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) November 30, 2020

Can There Be a Science of Complexity

Farmer is the archetype of the "science bullshitter" fellow in #Antifragile who needs a scientific model before riding a bicycle.
I compared Farmer's inability to work in finance to Fat Tony's talent: he knows how to operate in the absence of models.#Incerto https://t.co/3gpYPAWQ8b

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) November 27, 2020

Federalism

No; scaling always clashes with "Westphalian sovereignty", particularly now that there is the E-U. The U.S. solved the problem with federalism. https://t.co/GmIGZcKHIr

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) November 16, 2020

Don't Conflate Them, Sure

But we have all 4 at work in the US.

1- You can have a class war
2- You can have a race war
3- You can have a gender war
4- You can have a culture war

Do not conflate the four. People by now got that 1 & 2 are as Fat Tony wd say, "very different tings".

[Discussion w/an unnamed person; will be revealed later]

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) November 7, 2020

The Cancer Code

I received "The Cancer Code" by @drjasonfung. I have no interest in cancer yet I am devouring it. Fund has a systematic, incredibly clear (yet exhaustive) exposition of the topic. It is a delight to see such clarity of mind!

He gets how the fake appeal of genetics set us back. pic.twitter.com/y8z02fVYiM

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) October 31, 2020

Harper Collins

Something Positive for Francis

Netanyahu: Yeah we know Jesus, he spoke Hebrew

Pope Francis: Aramaic pic.twitter.com/gXjxdOY6hJ

— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) October 27, 2020

But I bet Francis missed this:

Notes
1-Jesus didn't "speak" either; Hebrew & Aramaic were languages for the learned. Pple spoke (as today) dialects; Jesus prob. spoke a Galilean one.

2-Netanyahu did not call Jesus by his Heb. name יהושע (Yehoshua) or ישוע, but by ישו "Yeshu" used to stress foreignness. https://t.co/Hc8E1Ugasz

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) October 28, 2020

Voilahttps://t.co/hOgjvcjuTy

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) October 28, 2020

The Incerto Taleb Collection

Today is the feast of Boethius, patron saint of bull***t detection, and by good fortune (or God’s Providence?) there has never been be a better time to buy the @nntaleb Incerto collection. (This price is an historic low.) https://t.co/vDC5HoOrcF

— Josh Hochschild (@JoshHochschild) October 23, 2020

They look even better in person @nntaleb pic.twitter.com/maWqh1AxjF

— H. Brown (@FourFourths) October 23, 2020

This Can Be Applied in Many Ways

When the oppressed becomes oppressor, as it (almost) inevitably happens, do not expect too much charity, understanding, & compassion.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) October 6, 2020

Federalism Movement in Lebanon

Now, PRINCIPIA POLITICA is read in #Lebanon. #Federalism is unavoidable. https://t.co/OYLUy68jY3

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) September 28, 2020

Lebanon is about the size of Connecticut, with about twice its population. If federalism is warranted for Lebanon, how about Connecticut? And if American states should be broken up, then our obsolete federal system (which makes an appearance now and then) should be replaced.

Taleb on the Application of Statistics

My latest with @nntaleb. As usual, it's a masterclass on logic and probability, this time as applied to the pandemic and its consequences for society, the economy and finance. https://t.co/suotiOoOXd

— Erik Schatzker (@ErikSchatzker) September 23, 2020

Against the Epidemiology Experts

Covid Risk Conversation: Yaneer Bar-Yam and Nassim Nicholas Taleb https://t.co/49heoLj0yV via @YouTube

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) September 4, 2020

Jacobinism

JACOBINISM
Friends, in French Jacobinisms maps exactly to my nightmare: a centralized nation-state w/IYIs running it, coupled with a monolithic national identity (anti-localism, anti-minorities, anti-multiculturalism).
What would be the corresponding English term? pic.twitter.com/0hnG3ijKvZ

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) August 13, 2020

However, the lamentable nationalist trends did not start with the Jacobins, even if the French Revolution further consolidated state power.

As for "anti-minorities," I am not sure what Taleb means by this.

Another Good One from Jeff Giesa

Find your tribe. Start building from there.

My latest for @theammind: "How to un-demoralize yourself" https://t.co/gNWVeYx6nV

— Jeff Giesea⛱ (@jeffgiesea) August 12, 2020

The America Mind

The second concept is anti-fragility. Being anti-fragile means setting yourself up to flourish and thrive in times of chaos, to come out of bad scenarios even stronger. A good question to ask when mapping out your gloomiest scenarios is:  What is the opportunity in this? How could I benefit from it?  Preparedness, in other words, is both offensive and defensive. It’s about capturing upside opportunities as much as it is about managing downside risks. Maybe your doom-and-gloom scenarios aren’t as dark as you think.