Podcasts about Procrustes

Was Moses historic? Evolution or Creation? Don't be "Procrustes"? This and much more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.

Was Moses historic? Evolution or Creation? Don't be "Procrustes"? This and much more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.

A continued discussion of the NATO debacle. It is time for America to completely reassess alliances and partnership around the world starting with NATO and then working its way down the list of useless and toxic relationships and promises to commit American blood and treasure to flashpoints planet-wide. The sheer insanity of EU/SSR behavior and the total inadequacy of NATO as a military organization across the entire martial spectrum. NATO insisted after the wall 1989-91 fell that the NATO blob would NOT expand eastward. It did. America should take a non-interventionist pause and get its internal house in order before standing astride the world again and lighting fires that never go away and continuously make things worse. Stop the madness. References: Winning The Salvo Competition: Rebalancing America's Air And Missile Defenses The Russian Reconnaissance Fire Complex Comes of Age Nyet Means Nyet (William Burns 2008) Pat Buchanan Where Does NATO Enlargement End? DoS Cable: NATO ENLARGEMENT: RUSSIAN ASSERTIONS REGARDING THE TWO-PLUS-FOUR AGREEMENT ON GERMAN UNIFICATION Navy Matters Get the US Out of NATO Books: Edward Bernays Propaganda Sevim Dagdelen NATO: A Reckoning with the Atlantic Alliance Matt Kennard The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire Daniel Ellsberg The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Scott Horton Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine Nassim Taleb Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game Mark Gunzinger & Bryan Clark Winning the Salvo Competition: Rebalancing America's Air and Missile Defense Christian Brose The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare My Substack Email at cgpodcast@pm.me

*** Apologies for delay in linking podcast, was on travel.*** The US Air Force is at a turning point in 21st century warfare and in danger of whistling past the graveyard if they fail to take notice and action on the emerging Revolutions in Military Affairs (RMA). The era of manned combat aircraft is coming to a close. The era of manned bombers with gravity bombs is over. The era of fixed site nuclear missiles is in great peril. The era of hyper-velocity missiles whether high parabola of IRBM/ICBM or Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) glide vehicles. If the pilot mafia doesn't do something about what is coming, the result will be cataclysmic. The Pentagon will not to the right thing, regretfully. References: A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force Jeffrey J. Smith Tomorrow's Air Force: Tracing the Past, Shaping the Future David Hambling Swarm Troopers: How Small Drones Will Conquer the World Garrett Graff Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die Paul Ozorak Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below Daniel Ellsberg The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Nassim Taleb Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game Mark Gunzinger & Bryan Clark Winning the Salvo Competition: Rebalancing America's Air and Missile Defense Christian Brose The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare My Substack Email at cgpodcast@pm.me

Learn from history's Greatest Minds — and find Timeless ideas you can apply to business and life. Every episode we explore a Lindy book: We strive to become polymaths like our investing and business icons, pulling the Big Ideas from a wide range of disciplines. For the curious-minded seeking Worldly Wisdom. Join 3,000+ others by subscribing @ rationalvc.com to get free access to essays and exclusive content. For the video version of this episode click here. A rare episode where we invited guests to join us, in this case due to the book being a unique format and also wrapping up our entire 5-episode Incerto Series. We discussed the application of the Incerto teachings in the real world, with two of the biggest Incerto practitioners we know. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (08:57) Our Favourite Aphorisms (16:04) Special Guests Join & Their Intros (17:59) Dangers of Monthly Salary (24:25) Golden Handcuffs, Legacy vs. Lifestyle (28:00) Our DNA as Hunter-Gatherers (31:50) Learn Sales Before Technical Skills (36:00) Practice Before Theory (37:04) Conventional Education (43:00) Convexity, Agency, & Mediocristan (57:21) More Aphorisms (1:00:19) Ergodicity, Rationality & Survival (1:08:32) Venture Capital & Startups (1:23:53) Asymmetry of Information, & Honour (1:29:20) Bureaucracy (1:34:05) Fat Tony (1:43:11) Small Bets (2:09:51) Via Negativa & Making Money Online (2:18:19) Gathering Vs. Elicitation Mindset (2:21:52) Incerto Practice in the Real World (2:31:06) Closing Thoughts — Our website (all essays and podcasts): rationalvc.com Our investment fund: rational.fund Cyrus' Twitter: x.com/CyrusYari Iman's Twitter: x.com/iman_olya — Guests: Daniel Vassallo's Twitter: x.com/dvassallo  Seb Lees' Twitter: x.com/sebs_tweets  Daniel's company: smallbets.com Seb's Podcast & Community: fattonys.net — Disclaimer: The materials provided are solely for informational or entertainment purposes and do not constitute investment or legal advice. All opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of their employer(s). #Timeless #wisdom #knowledge #books #polymaths

A Christian View on the Menace of American Statism

In this thought-provoking episode, Brig explores a concept inspired by Nicholas Taleb's book, "The Bed of Procrustes" where Taleb uses the metaphor of living in a box to illustrate how modern civilization confines us in ways that are far from natural or comfortable. But what if everything you thought about your "comfort zone" was actually a lie? Listen in as Brig passionately argues that our true comfort zone lies outside these boxes, where we can live boldly, create, take risks, and experience life to the fullest.  If you've ever felt trapped by societal norms or wondered why you numb yourself with overeating, over-drinking, or binge-watching TV, this episode is for you. Discover how to break free from the discomfort of the so-called comfort zone and embrace a life filled with passion, creativity, and genuine joy.  It's time to reclaim your natural state and start living boldly.   RESOURCES  — Join my Newsletter, Unlearn and Unleash Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here  Register for the Next Melanin Hour here  Book a Breakthrough Call here Share Your Takeaways With Me at brig@brigjohnson.com    LET'S GET SOCIAL — Website - http://brigjohnson.com/  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnsonbrig/?hl=en  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/coachwithbrig 

Joe asks: Lots of young people want to be writers, but don't have enough life experience to write anything interesting. What ways do you recommend to gain that sort of life experience? Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Notebooks of Lazarus LongCity Slickers The post Question 1104: Building Life Experience appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Mary & Rhys discuss Percy Jackson And The Olympians Episode 1.07 - We Find Out The Truth, Sort Of They chat the trio venturing into the Underworld, encountering the notorious Procrustes and the three-headed guard dog, Cerberus. They also chat the myth of Procrustes, Hollow Earth, the unexpected portrayal of Hades brings humor and charm to the character, Annabeth's unexpected regret, and the aspect of tension in the episode...

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His work has been published into 49 languages.In addition to his trader life, Taleb has also written, as a backup of the Incerto, more than 70 technical and scholarly papers in mathematical statistics, genetics, quantitative finance, statistical physics, medicine, philosophy, ethics, economics, and international affairs around the notion of risk and probability (grouped in the Technical Incerto).Taleb is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering (retired). His current focus is on the properties of systems that can handle disorder ("antifragile").*Scott Patterson (@pattersonscott) is an investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal, currently based in Washington DC, working on climate and energy policy. 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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Prototype: GPT-powered EA/LW weekly summary, published by Hamish McDoodles on August 24, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Zoe Williams used to manually do weekly summaries of the EA Forum and LessWrong, but now she doesn't today I strung together a bunch of google apps scripts, google sheets expressions, graphQL queries, and D3.js to automatically extract all the posts on EAF/LW from the last week with >50 karma, summarize them with GPT-4, and assemble the result into HTML with links and stuff hard to say what the API usage cost, what with all the tinkering and experimenting, but I reckon it was about $5 there were a bunch of posts which were too long for the API message length, so as a first whack i just cut stuff out of the middle of the post until it fit (Procrustes style) Siao (co-author) was going to help but i finished everything so fast she never got a chance lol I haven't spent much time sanity-checking these summaries, but I reckon they're "good enough to be useful" They often drop useful details or get the emphasis wrong. I haven't seen any outright fabrication. Obviously if you have a special interest in some topic these aren't going to substitute for reading the original post. the obvious next few steps are: automate the actual posting of the summaries. does EAF/LW have an API for posting? also summarize top comment(s) this is kinda hard experiment with prompts to see if other summaries are more useful also generate a top level summary which gives you like 5 bullet points of the most important things from the forums this week feedback that would be useful: what would you (personally) like to be different about these summaries? should they be shorter? longer? bullet points? have quotes? fewer entries? more entries? leave a comment or DM me or whatever with any old feedback oh, and: i originally also got the top posts from the AI alignment forum, but they were all cross posted on lesswrong? is that alwasy true? anyone know? EA Forum Select examples of adverse selection in longtermist grantmaking by Linch The author, a volunteer and sometimes contractor for EA Funds' Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF), discusses the pros and cons of diversification in longtermist EA funding. While diversification can increase financial stability, allow for a variety of worldviews, encourage accountability, and provide access to diverse networks, it can also lead to adverse selection, where projects that have been rejected by existing grantmakers are funded by new ones. The author provides examples of such cases and suggests that new grantmakers should be cautious about funding projects that have been rejected by others, but also acknowledges that grantmakers can make mistakes and that a network of independent funders could help ensure that unusual but potentially high-impact projects are not overlooked. An Elephant in the Community Building room by Kaleem The author, a contractor for CEA and employee of EVOps, shares his personal views on the strategies of community building within the Effective Altruism (EA) movement. He identifies two main strategies: Global EA, which aims to spread EA ideas as widely as possible, and Narrow EA, which focuses on influencing a small group of highly influential people. The author argues that community builders and funders should be more explicit about their theory of change for global community building, as there could be significant trade-offs in impact between these two strategies. CE alert: 2 new interventions for February-March 2024 Incubation Program by CE Charity Entrepreneurship has announced two new charity interventions for its February-March 2024 Incubation Program, bringing the total to six. The new interventions include an organization focused on bringing new funding into the animal advocacy movement and an organization providing ...

This week, we travel back to ancient Greece to hear the awful tale of the rogue blacksmith Procrustes and his heinous crimes. Enjoy! Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/

It appears the West just can't get counterinsurgency right. I talk about some of the framework ideas that would be good lessons learned for those who I think wisely and would try to avoid COIN. The major takeaway is that insurgencies are rather antifragile and bureaucracies are the enemy of effectiveness and innovation.References:Nassim Taleb Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the GameDouglas Porch Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of WarMy Substack:https://t.co/7a8jn2MmnxEmail at cgpodcast@pm.me.

I discuss the complex adaptive system that is war that Clausewitz categorically identified as "friction" in the nineteenth century. We'll examine what chaos and complexity has to do with conflict, why it is inevitable and why wars are won by the least incompetent armies and navies.References:Nassim Taleb Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the GameCarl von Clausewitz On WarMy Substack:https://t.co/7a8jn2MmnxEmail at cgpodcast@pm.me.

We are living through not only one of the most polarizing times in history but unfortunately also one of the most vicious and ideologically charged. Views expressed, which do not fit the mainstream agenda are hammered out, literally, by fact checkers operating the largest perfectionist Procrustes bed in history for sure. The common ground for differentiated approaches to the hidden meaning of truth and reality is lost. – This gets especially tragic when it comes to kids and adolescents, who are increasingly pulled into the net of this new reality of the coming metaverse, its convenience, health doctrine and social uprooting. Indeed, AI, virtual reality and a redefinition of the very identity concept of society and its individual members threaten the existence of humanness and related values as has been hitherto known and fought for.

*Paradigms in Crisis: RSR host Fred Williams welcomes Doug McBurney begin a review of Ellis Hughes' powerful new book detailing problems with Plate Tectonic Theory that rival the myriad problems with Big Bang Cosmology! *Early Galaxies: Find out some interesting news regarding Saturn's moon, Enceladus, and how it might be best explained in light of Hydroplate Theory. *Concrete Evidence: Roman concrete turns out to be yet more evidence that ancient man was anything but “less evolved” that his modern counterparts. *Cassini and Enceladus for Walt Brown: Find out some interesting news regarding Saturn's moon, Enceladus, and how it might be best explained in light of Hydroplate Theory. *Procrustes Lives: In his 1972 paper in the Journal of Geology Arthur Meyerhoff pointed out that the suddenly fashionable theory of plate tectonics was eerily reminiscent of the Procrustean Bed. *Groupthink: A Brief Outline & History: Professor Hughes gives a succinct description of Plate Tectonic theory and a history of just how a theory dismissed for centuries became the modern paradigm despite at least 20 reasons to question it! *Fred Williams at Berean Bible Church: Hear our own Fred Williams present the Hydroplate Theory at the Northeast Colorado Creation Group next Thursday, February 9th. *Robert Brown at RMCF: Join us in welcoming one scientist who definitely worked for Walt Brown, (perhaps even taking out the trash at some point), professor Robert Brown, who will be speaking at the Rocky Mountain Creation Fellowship on February 10th 2023. Catch it live, or streaming! *Reason #1: Listen in to hear where Dr. Hughes starts with the questioning of plate tectonics: the enormous disparity in divergent and convergent boundaries… Today's Resource: 20 Reasons to Question Plate Tectonics by Ellis HughesThis book traces the history of objections raised to the theory of plate tectonics, starting in the late 1960s. A surprising number of professional geologists and geophysicists raised legitimate concerns about the theory at the time it was proposed in the 1960s. Little was known about the ocean floor at that time. As more data has become available, it has become apparent that the theory has major issues. Twenty of these issues are described in detail in this book, and fifteen additional problems are mentioned briefly. The "insider scoop" is revealed, answering the question of why so many geologists support the theory if it has so many problems. Finally, the book gives summaries of four other theories that explain the earth's geological features without using plate tectonics.    

*Paradigms in Crisis: RSR host Fred Williams welcomes Doug McBurney begin a review of Ellis Hughes' powerful new book detailing problems with Plate Tectonic Theory that rival the myriad problems with Big Bang Cosmology! *Early Galaxies: Find out some interesting news regarding Saturn's moon, Enceladus, and how it might be best explained in light of Hydroplate Theory. *Concrete Evidence: Roman concrete turns out to be yet more evidence that ancient man was anything but “less evolved” that his modern counterparts. *Cassini and Enceladus for Walt Brown: Find out some interesting news regarding Saturn's moon, Enceladus, and how it might be best explained in light of Hydroplate Theory. *Procrustes Lives: In his 1972 paper in the Journal of Geology Arthur Meyerhoff pointed out that the suddenly fashionable theory of plate tectonics was eerily reminiscent of the Procrustean Bed. *Groupthink: A Brief Outline & History: Professor Hughes gives a succinct description of Plate Tectonic theory and a history of just how a theory dismissed for centuries became the modern paradigm despite at least 20 reasons to question it! *Fred Williams at Berean Bible Church: Hear our own Fred Williams present the Hydroplate Theory at the Northeast Colorado Creation Group next Thursday, February 9th. *Robert Brown at RMCF: Join us in welcoming one scientist who definitely worked for Walt Brown, (perhaps even taking out the trash at some point), professor Robert Brown, who will be speaking at the Rocky Mountain Creation Fellowship on February 10th 2023. Catch it live, or streaming! *Reason #1: Listen in to hear where Dr. Hughes starts with the questioning of plate tectonics: the enormous disparity in divergent and convergent boundaries… Today's Resource: 20 Reasons to Question Plate Tectonics by Ellis HughesThis book traces the history of objections raised to the theory of plate tectonics, starting in the late 1960s. A surprising number of professional geologists and geophysicists raised legitimate concerns about the theory at the time it was proposed in the 1960s. Little was known about the ocean floor at that time. As more data has become available, it has become apparent that the theory has major issues. Twenty of these issues are described in detail in this book, and fifteen additional problems are mentioned briefly. The "insider scoop" is revealed, answering the question of why so many geologists support the theory if it has so many problems. Finally, the book gives summaries of four other theories that explain the earth's geological features without using plate tectonics.    

The Bed of Procrustes, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, takes its title from Greek mythology: the story of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection by either stretching them or cutting their limbs. It represents Taleb's view of modern civilization's hubristic side effects—modifying humans to satisfy technology, blaming reality for not fitting economic models, inventing diseases to sell drugs, defining intelligence as what can be tested in a classroom, and convincing people that employment is not slavery.

Prophecy Radio episode #65 takes a look at both the Lightning Thief illustrated edition, as well as the graphic novel. We're once again skipping the news as we take a little break for the holidays, but we'll be back next week to catch you up on everything you missed. And don't worry! We're still going to reread and discuss Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian chapter 19. We're getting close to the end now! New episodes of Prophecy Radio air weekly, and all ages are welcome to tune in. The Lightning Thief illustrated edition/graphic novel (00:01:12) Let's jump right into discussing Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Illustrated Edition, which was published in 2018 and illustrated by John Rocco. We really liked John's dedication in the back of the book. It's so sad there are no current plans for more, but maybe the TV show will change that! Who doesn't love a map in the front of a book!? We're super impressed by all of the illustrations, big and small. Did they accidentally spoil Percy's godly parentage at the end of chapter 1? Unlike most other depictions of him, Chiron is actually a white stallion in the illustrated edition! Are we disappointed we can't see Ares' motorcycle seat made of human skin?? The official merchandise HAS to include a ballpoint pen. If those little mechanical spiders were meant to be a jump-scare, they worked! How beautiful was that sea spirit who gave Percy the pearls!? The way they placed certain characters on the page, like Procrustes and Zeus and Poseidon, was super impactful. Clarisse is SO TALL in that Capture the Flag illustration. Being compared to Gabe is NOT a compliment. The scenes that take place in the Underworld are so iconic. What did we think of the actual style of art that John Rocco brought to the page? Now it's time to switch over to Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel. We compare the art in each book, and whether the styles are at odds. We go through all the differences between the book and the graphic novel, according to the Fandom website. Most of these are understandable, but a few of them were a little surprising. The Trio looks SO much older in the graphic novel, but Kristen has an idea as to why that may be. Seeing so much of the Lotus Hotel was pretty cool! We hope the show makes the Olympian thrones really individualized and cool. Okay, but why is Grover so hot at the end of the graphic novel!? There are some scenes that were MADE for this format. Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian (00:39:11) We're talking about The Last Olympian chapter 19. This is the biggest of the biggest chapters, but that makes sense considering this is the climax of the whole book. Rick's writing is so cinematic, and this book is a testament to that. What do we think about Hera's curse coming into play at the end here? Luke smiling at Annabeth is like Void Stiles smiling at Scott. Grover playing his reed pipes and growing grass was surprisingly helpful. Is Aryan going to take reed pipe lessons!? We totally get why people like Ethan Nakamura so much, even after everything he did. Would you read a standalone novel about Ethan? Did you envision Typhon the way he's described in the book? We got GOOSEBUMPS when Poseidon and Tyson showed up. We're glad Annabeth got so many moments in this chapter! Hestia also has some time to shine, and it's all so significant. Rick is a genius. Does it make sense that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade? Okay, let's talk about that moment where Luke asks Annabeth if she loved him. Did Luke deserve to go to Elysium? Thank GOODNESS we have a few more chapters to wrap up this book. Feedback (01:20:52) A Positive Guy lets us know just how much he loves the illustrated edition. Thanks for listening, and tune in next time for episode 66, where we'll catch up on all the latest news throughout the Riordanverse. This episode's hosts are: Karen Rought and Kristen Kranz. Each episode, our Prophecy Radio hosts and their guests will keep you up to date on the latest information coming out of Camp Half-Blood, including upcoming books and adaptation news, discuss a topic of choice, and do a chapter by chapter reread of the Percy Jackson series. Follow Us: Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // Tumblr Listen and Subscribe: Audioboom // Apple // Spotify Feel free to leave us your questions or comments through any of these mediums! You can also email us at prophecyradiopodcast@gmail.com or visit our homepage for archives and more information about our show. Prophecy Radio is a Subjectify Media podcast production. Visit Subjectify Media for more shows, including Not Another Teen Wolf Podcast, ReWatchable, and Not About The Weather, and for all our latest articles about the stories we're passionate about.

Prophecy Radio episode #55 does another Monster Guide—this time on Procrustes, aka “The Stretcher,” who had a brief cameo in The Lightning Thief. The hosts tackle all the latest news in the Riordanverse, including a pre-Halloween blog post from Rick Riordan himself, as well as a reread and discussion of Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian chapter 9. New episodes of Prophecy Radio air weekly, and all ages are welcome to tune in. News and Updates (00:03:59) Read Riordan posted several articles, like this one about seven terrifying monsters from the Rick Riordan Presents imprint. And in case you were wondering, they also wrote about what the gods and demigods have planned for Halloween. Roseanne A. Brown also gave Rick Riordan some advice on hunting vampires. Did you see the Entertainment Weekly interview with Rick and the trio? We loved the story about Aryan walking like a goat! Let's talk about Rick's October 28 blog post. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THEY ARE FILMING THE LOTUS HOTEL AND CASINO SCENES. The real-time commentary while Rick was on set was pretty cool. It's so interesting to hear all the details of production. And it's exciting that they're looking to the end of the season now! How surprising is it that one episode could take a month or longer to finalize!? Rick also talks about his other film projects, including The Red Pyramid, Daughter of the Deep, and his pitch for “My Life as a Child Outlaw.” We're really excited about the potential for that last one because they could do so many things with it! In terms of writing projects, you gotta start with Chalice of the Gods. How cool would it be for Walker to be one of the beta readers!? Did you see what everyone dressed up as for Halloween? Monster Guide: Procrustes (00:17:31) The Procrustes myth is pretty straight forward, and if you remember what happened in the Lightning Thief, then you already know the important parts. But let's talk about the Ancient Greek myth anyway. What do you call an old-time hotel? If your host looks like he's out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, maybe turn around and find somewhere else to sleep for the night. Thankfully, Theseus was smart and chose the 10-foot bed after tricking Procrustes into the other one. This myth was pretty short, so we decided to find some fun facts. Maybe this story was based on a local serial killer? Make sure you add the word procrustean to your vocabulary! Isn't it interesting that Thomas Jefferson used this as an argument for religious freedom? We hate math, but for those who don't, you might also want to learn the term procrustean. And if you're not a fan of spiders, don't look up the genus Damastes. Did you know Procrustes was also supposed to show up in the Lightning Thief movie!? At least there's a high chance we'll see Procrustes this time around. Procrustes is not a clown, but you can picture him that way if you want to. All we want is for them to keep Crusty's fashion sense in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV show. A six-foot bed isn't that out of the ordinary, is it? Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian (00:30:43) This week, we're discussing The Last Olympian chapter 9. We're only about halfway through the book, but this already feels like the climax of the story. There's so much left! We really miss Annabeth! She's hardly been in the book so far. Daedalus' laptop probably has special protections, right? Why didn't Chiron want to go to Mount Olympus? How much do we blame Clarisse for not showing up when Percy called the campers to action? Was Percy's moment to shine as the leader of the campers rushed? And was that on purpose? The Empire State Building security guard really tries to stay up on all the latest books, doesn't he? What might he be reading in Chalice of the Gods? Could all those campers really fit inside the elevator in the Empire State Building? Who's responsible for choosing the elevator music? Prophecy Count #26! What was so important about this particular vision/flashback? It's hard not to feel bad for Annabeth and what she's going through now that Luke has sided with Kronos. The Hermes we meet in Sea of Monsters feels so different from the one we see in Last Olympian. Forty demigods defending all of Manhattan? Yeah, sure, why not. Okay, Plan 23 must be risky. More vague advice from the gods? Must be a day ending in ‘y'! Morpheus is back, baby! It's invasion time. Feedback (01:04:23) Henry writes in to suggest the dog Rick was talking about meeting could be Cerberus. We all still want Luke to have Egyptian blood, but it's just not meant to be. Thanks for listening, and tune in next time for episode 56, which is a complete mystery to everyone, including your intrepid hosts. This episode's hosts are: Karen Rought and Kristen Kranz. Each episode, our Prophecy Radio hosts and their guests will keep you up to date on the latest information coming out of Camp Half-Blood, including upcoming books and adaptation news, discuss a topic of choice, and do a chapter by chapter reread of the Percy Jackson series. Follow Us: Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // Tumblr Listen and Subscribe: Audioboom // Apple // Spotify Feel free to leave us your questions or comments through any of these mediums! You can also email us at prophecyradiopodcast@gmail.com or visit our homepage for archives and more information about our show. Prophecy Radio is a Subjectify Media podcast production. Visit Subjectify Media for more shows, including Not Another Teen Wolf Podcast, ReWatchable, and Not About The Weather, and for all our latest articles about the stories we're passionate about.

From the highway killers confronted by the Greek hero Theseus, such as Procrustes, who tortured and mutilated their victims to the Sphinx, or “strangler,” from the story of Oedipus.. Or child-killing demons and witches and historical figures such as Locusta of Gaul, the most notorious poisoner in the early Roman Empire....Who are the serial killers of the ancient world? From the highway killers confronted by the Greek hero Theseus, such as Procrustes, who tortured and mutilated their victims to the Sphinx, or “strangler,” from the story of Oedipus.. Or child-killing demons and witches and historical figures such as Locusta of Gaul, the most notorious poisoner in the early Roman Empire....Who are the serial killers of the ancient world? Usually thought to be a more modern phenomenon, Dr. Debbie Felton makes the case that you can find these notorious murderers throughout ancient history and mythology alike. To learn more about Classical Wisdom Speaks, please go to https://classicalwisdom.substack.com Debbie Felton is the Professor of Classics and Undergraduate Program Director at UMass-Amherst. She is the author and editor of many books which focus on antiquity, folktales, the supernatural and the monstrous, but today we discuss her latest book, Monsters and Monarchs: Serial Killers in Classical Myth and History.Classical Wisdom Members can listen to the entire podcast with Professor Felton on Classical Wisdom.com. You can purchase Debbie's book, Monsters and Monarchs: Serial Killers in Classical Myth and History on amazon.com or https://utpress.utexas.edu/ 

In this episode we explore the VERY messed up story behind Crusty from the Percy Jackson series. ► Messed Up Origins™ Socials! » https://twitter.com/MessedUpOrigins » https://www.instagram.com/messedupori... ► SOLOFAM MERCH: » bit.ly/SoloFamMerch ► Support the series on Patreon! » https://www.patreon.com/JonSolo ► Want more? » ALL Mythology Explained: https://bit.ly/MythologyExplained » ALL Messed Up Origins: https://bit.ly/MessedUpOrigins » Featured Folklore (the animated series!): https://bit.ly/featuredfolklore » Disney Explained: https://bit.ly/DisneyExplained » Norse Mythology: http://bit.ly/NorseMythologyExplained » Folklore Explained: https://bit.ly/FablesExplained » Astrology: http://bit.ly/AstrologyExplained » Messed Up Murders: https://bit.ly/MurderPlaylist ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► Social Media: » Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonSolo » Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JonSolo » Facebook Fan Page: https://facebook.com/TheRealJonSolo » Official Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/jonsolo ► Join the Official Channel Discord: » https://www.patreon.com/JonSolo ► Send Fan Mail to: » SoloFamMail@gmail.com ► Business: » biz@MessedUpOrigins.com (Business Inquiries ONLY) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▼ Credits ▼ » Researched by: Meredith Walker https://twitter.com/meredith_ancret and Jon Solo » Written, filmed, and edited by: Jon Solo ▼ Resources ▼ » my favorites: https://messeduporigins.com/books » The Life of Theseus by Plutarch: http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/thes...

Antifragile adalah buku mandiri dalam seri Incerto Nassim Nicholas Taleb yang terkenal, sebuah investigasi opacity, keberuntungan, ketidakpastian, probabilitas, kesalahan manusia, risiko, dan pengambilan keputusan di dunia yang tidak kita mengerti. Buku-buku lain dalam seri ini Tertipu oleh Keacakan, The Black Swan, dan The Bed of Procrustes . Nassim Nicholas Taleb, penulis buku laris The Black Swan dan salah satu pemikir terkemuka di zaman kita, mengungkapkan cara berkembang di dunia yang tidak pasti. Sama seperti tulang manusia yang semakin kuat ketika mengalami stres dan ketegangan, dan desas-desus atau kerusuhan semakin intensif ketika seseorang mencoba untuk menekannya, banyak hal dalam kehidupan mendapat manfaat dari stres, gangguan, ketidakstabilan, dan kekacauan. Apa yang diidentifikasi oleh Taleb dan disebut "antifragil" adalah kategori hal-hal yang tidak hanya mendapatkan dari kekacauan tetapi membutuhkannya untuk bertahan hidup dan berkembang. Dalam The Black Swan, Taleb menunjukkan kepada kita bahwa peristiwa yang sangat tidak mungkin dan tidak dapat diprediksi mendasari hampir semua hal tentang dunia kita. Dalam Antifragile,Taleb berdiri dengan ketidakpastian di kepalanya, membuatnya diinginkan, bahkan perlu, dan mengusulkan agar segala sesuatunya dibangun dengan cara antifragil. Antifragil berada di luar daya tahan atau kuat. Tangguh menolak kejutan dan tetap sama; antifragile menjadi lebih baik dan lebih baik.

The original 7 deadly sins are lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. All of these sins lead to eventual ruin and downfall. However, there is an eight deadly sin that is unfortunately ignored too often which leads to much ruin in today's current world that is driven by the need for attention and connection.Like Nassim Taleb says in his book The Bed of Procrustes, "You may eventually forgive and befriend someone who harmed you, never someone who has bored you".Being boring is deadly, avoid it.For more content and all things Zeus With Bruce, go to https://www.zeuswithbruce.com/ and follow on Instagram @ zeuswithbruce

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Beyond being and easy excuse to entertain my appeal for alliteration, this episode's title gives us two words with an unexpected history. Said history underlines the fears that we can have of staying as a guest in a strange place. From murderous hosts like Procrustes, to oppressively haunted lodgings like The Overlook, this episode is all about the haunts and horrors human beings have experienced or invented while staying at hotels.----------------------My debut novel, THE SPITE HOUSE, is available for pre-order now through Barnes & Noble or an indie bookseller near you.----------------------For episode sources, scripts and more, visit healthyfears.com. For my publication credits, visit JohnnyCompton.com The opening theme for Healthy Fears: “Dark Game Background Loop” by Claudiu D. Moga aka NikNPhaser, licensed through Envato.The closing theme for Healthy Fears: “Hitchcock Thriller” by JBlanks, licensed through Envato.Other music for this episode: "Summer House" by Mocha Music. licensed through Shutterstock Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/healthy-fears. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Prophecy Radio, a Percy Jackson podcast dedicated to all of Rick Riordan's past, present, and future projects! Co-hosts Karen Rought and Kristen Kranz discuss the latest news in the Percy Jackson/Rick Riordan Presents fandom (including Walker Scobell's casting as the son of the sea god), then discuss the many crimes of the King of the Olympians himself, Zeus, as well as read Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse chapters 13 and 14. New episodes of Prophecy Radio air weekly, and all ages are welcome to tune in. News and Updates (01:58:00) Have you been participating in #LightningThiefWeek? Don't forget this week is #SeaOfMonstersWeek. This is all leading up to the release of the new Victo Ngai Percy Jackson and the Olympians covers on May 3. Karen also has a correction for Ballad & Dagger‘s release date from last week's episode. Congratulations to Roshani Chokshi for Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality becoming a NYT bestseller. Have you met Tumburu? If you're new here, make sure you go back and listen to our Roshani Chokshi interview. Remember, you can pre-order Tehlor Kay Meji'a Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows, the final book in the series. But don't be sad about it ending because we're gonna get a Disney+ show! The Percy Jackson and the Olympians writer's room has been talking about Procrustes. Yes, it's finally time to talk about it: Percy Jackson and the Olympians has cast Walker Scobell in the titular role. We read Rick's April 11 blog post to celebrate. Here's the infamous Kraft mac & cheese commercial. Make sure you're following Walker's real Twitter and Instagram accounts. Karen's going to keep an article on the show's casting up to date, so make sure you hold her accountable! In case it needs to be said, #PJOCastDeservesRespect. And on that note, let's talk about Annabeth's casting for a minute. Make sure you're not bugging Rick, Becky, or Ashlee about details they don't know or can't share yet! Prophecy Radio is a safe space. Click here if you'd like to listen to Karen's guest spot on #Millennial. Deep Dive: Zeus (00:29:50) Now it's time to talk about the many crimes of Zeus. In case you need a reminder, Zeus doesn't need a bigger ego and Percy is a sass king. Zeus has had multiple wives, but the way he tricked Hera was particularly awful. Can the gods just not eat each other, please? Which of Zeus' many forms is your favorite? Oddly enough, Zeus was also in charge of punishing people because he stood for justice. To be fair, though, no one wants to get zapped by Zeus, so it was a good threat. Too bad he hated mankind. Kristen is offended we might be considered the stone race. But even Zeus isn't above doing time for his crimes. Zeus DID get schooled one time and one time only. But it's not a pretty picture. What was Zeus like in the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles? Who doesn't love a good dramatic exit? Did we remember how Zeus was described in the books? Karen doesn't want Arnold schwarzenegger to be Zeus but he's got the look. Kristen actually does want Tom Felton to be Zeus, even though he's on the younger side. Winston Duke has proven as M'Baku that he can play a mercurial character. Should the show have blind casting for the gods? Kristen's next pick is also a Black Panther alum: Michael B. Jordan. You know who else looks good in a suit? Henry Cavill. Have you heard of Wyatt Russell? If you want another old guy for Zeus, why not Jeff Bridges? Is he TOO old? How would this casting affect the rest of the gods' appearances? Would Dev Patel be better as Zeus or Hades? You know who else gives good beard? Oscar Isaac. The first person who came to Kristen's mind when she heard Zeus' description in the books was Adam Driver. Chapter Reviews (01:12:31) It's time to talk about Titan's Curse chapter 13! Isn't it weird they didn't find Bianca's body? Was Bianca stealing the figurine stupid or sweet? Bianca and Nico spent SO LONG in the Lotus Hotel. Would they have noticed how much things had changed since being in the hotel? How did we feel about Aphrodite's introduction? We're so excited to see how they'll cast her in the show. Has Pan's presence supercharged Grover? We're kind of obsessed with the idea of this junkyard of the gods. Kristen reads her “brief” recap for Titan's Curse chapter 14. What's making Grover so emotional? Percy is a good kid, but it's too bad he has to be the strong one in this situation. We finally find out who Zoe really is and what she's done. Gurgle, gurgle. We all miss Annabeth so much. Who wouldn't want to go to the dam snack bar? Rachel. Elizabeth. Dare. Thank goodness Thalia said please! Feedback (01:41:41) Henry writes in again to ask us a bunch of useful questions! Visit Subjectify Media's Spotify profile for the Prophecy Radio playlists. Yes, we will be discussing each episode of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and we may even pause our rereads so we have plenty of time for the show. We still have high hopes for interviewing a lot of people related to the show and the RRP imprint. Would Rick ever make a Stan Lee-style cameo in Percy Jackson and the Olympians? Would we want him to be a teacher or a party pony? Thanks for listening, and tune in next time for episode 29, where we'll rewatch The Adam Project and discuss how Walker Scobell is the perfect Percy Jackson. This episode's hosts are: Karen Rought and Kristen Kranz. Each episode, our Prophecy Radio hosts and their guests will keep you up to date on the latest information coming out of Camp Half-Blood, including upcoming books and adaptation news, discuss a topic of choice, and do a chapter by chapter reread of the Percy Jackson series. 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Dr. Moiya McTier (@GoAstroMo) returns to the pod, this time in her full-fledged role as TNO's Greek Mythological Correspondent! Come hear her answer questions about everything Mike wondered about while reading the first PJO book, cover the desired topics as chosen by patrons, and beyond! Ctrl+F, mythology sources, theoi.com, Perseus, Medusa's origin, Luciano Garbati, John Wick, the Portland god, animal icons, items of power, Mercury, caduceus, the Furies, Argus, SpongeBob, Chiron, Hercules, cool storks, hot animals, Procrustes, lotus eaters, and more!Thanks to our sponsor: Athletic Greens! Get a year's worth of Vitamin D plus 5 free travel packs at www.athleticgreens.com/newestolympian— Find The Newest Olympian Online —• Website: https://thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: https://thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Twitter: https://twitter.com/newestolympian• Instagram: https://instagram.com/newestolympian• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian— Production —• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert (https://schub.es)• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd• Multitude: https://www.multitude.productions— About The Show —Is Percy Jackson the book series we should've been reading all along? Join Mike Schubert as he reads through the books for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over Greek mythology. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

We believe that a multidisciplinary approach is essential for every long-term investor. One of the most practical books we have found on the topic is “An Investment Thinking Toolbox”, by Daniel Sun Zhang, published in 2021. In this episode, we have the author on the show to discuss some of the 11 most important mental models for investors, the compounding machines called serial acquirers, and Zhang's role as Director of Acquisitions at Teqnion.For more info about the podcast, go to the episode page.—————————————Episode Chapters(00:00) Intro to Daniel Zhang & ”An Investment Thinking Toolbox”(09:48) Intro to Mental Models(13:40) Circle of Competence(17:32) Unknown Unknowns(24:34) Anchoring & Chris Sacca(30:16) Survivorship Bias(41:07) The seven sins of Confirmation Bias(52:08) Serial acquirers & Teqnion (1:01:14) Daniel's role as Director of Acquisitions(1:07:40) Using mental models when buying private companies(1:15:02) Reading inspiration for life and investing—————————————Books MentionedAn Investment Thinking Toolbox - Daniel Sun Zhang (2021)Buy "An Investment Thinking Toolbox" in the Nordics: https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/an-investment-thinking-toolbox-9789188849960Buy "An Investment Thinking Toolbox" outside the Nordics: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/9188849961/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_BNJ1AR0DRFC63FP5XGN1 Brief Answers to the Big Questions - Stephen Hawking (2018)Buffett's Shareholder Letters: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.htmlBooks by Nassim Taleb:Fooled by Randomness (2001)The Black Swan (2007)The Bed of Procrustes (2010)Antifragile (2012)Skin in the Game (2018)Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi (2015)—————————————Companies MentionedAmazonBerkshire HathawayTeqnion—————————————More on Daniel Sun ZhangLinkedIn: https://se.linkedin.com/in/daniel-zhang-31900b26Teqnion: https://www.teqnion.se/—————————————What is Investing by the Books?Investing by the Books was founded by Henrik Andersson, Bo Börtemark, Mats Larsson and Michael Persson. It has published hundreds of book reviews in the past 10 years and operates on a non-profit basis. Visit the website: http://www.investingbythebooks.com/Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Investbythebook—————————————What is Redeye?Redeye is a research-centered boutique investment bank from Stockholm. Founded in 1999, Redeye cultivates investors through timeless knowledge, a humble attitude, and a strong focus on quality. Visit the website: https://www.redeye.se/Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Redeye_—————————————DisclaimerNotice that the content in this podcast is not, and shall not be construed as investment advice. This information is meant to be informative and for general purposes only. For full disclaimer, visit Redeye.se

Erik Sprinchorn is one of Sweden's most successful investment managers. Our conversation centers around a book on self-justification and cognitive biases, vital concepts for every investor. Erik Sprinchorn is a portfolio manager at TIN Fonder, focusing on profitable growth companies within technology and innovation.For more info about the podcast, go to the episode page.—————————————Episode Chapters(00:08) Who is Erik Sprinchorn?(02:58) What is "Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)" about?(11:13) Most common biases and how to handle them?(13:36) What is an investor mistake?(16:21) Advice from the book for investors?(25:21) Examples of mistakes, and coping strategies(30:16) Mitigating cognitive dissonance(39:04) Personal lessons from the book(42:33) Summary and book recommendations—————————————Books MentionedMistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts - Carol Tavris & Elliot Aronson (1st Edition 2007)Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert Cialdini (1st Edition 1984)Everything by Nassim Nicholas Taleb:Fooled by Randomness (2001)The Black Swan (2007)The Bed of Procrustes (2010)Antifragile (2012)Skin in the Game (2018)—————————————More on Erik SprinchornAbout Erik and TIN Fonder: https://tinfonder.se/en/erik-sprinchorn-eng/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ESprinchorn—————————————What is Investing by the Books?Investing by the Books was founded by Henrik Andersson, Bo Börtemark, Mats Larsson and Michael Persson. It has published hundreds of book reviews in the past 10 years and operates on a non-profit basis. Visit the website: http://www.investingbythebooks.com/Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Investbythebook—————————————What is Redeye?Redeye is a research-centered boutique investment bank from Stockholm. Founded in 1999, Redeye cultivates investors through timeless knowledge, a humble attitude, and a strong focus on quality. Visit the website: https://www.redeye.se/Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Redeye_—————————————DisclaimerNotice that the content in this podcast is not, and shall not be construed as investment advice. This information is meant to be informative and for general purposes only. For full disclaimer, visit Redeye.se

With a joke about Nate's innate desire to be right, we find out why Nate wouldn't be a good parent and discuss how difficult or easy it is to raise mentally healthy kids. Then we move on to Nate's Roger Murtaugh moment when he found out he was too old to party like he used to. At the 8:40 mark, we get into the meat of the podcast which is all about the global energy crisis. We start off talking about the United Kingdom, then broaden back out all of Europe, and then discuss how it's impacting the entire globe. We discuss the numerous forces that are all impacting the energy sector and how all of these complex systems interact with each other. Then we start to discuss possible solutions including wind, solar, and nuclear energy. This includes a small discussion about how Bitcoin might help this transition. This all leads to a long conversation about complex systems, top-down engineering vs bottom-up, risk management, and how to analyze consequences that would be localized versus non-localized. This leads to a discussion about the risk of nuclear annihilation and whether Bitcoin reduces the odds of nuclear annihilation occurring which devolves into a conversation about whether nukes are already in space, the current state of the United States government, and the current state of individuals versus governments across the globe. And then Luc offers a theory that it won't be nuclear annihilation that destroys our species but the internet itself. Then we finish up discussing how extremely globally connected we are now, some of the causes, and the risks associated with extreme globalization. One of the issues we address is border protection and the importance of it in a globalized world but how terrible the border patrol agents can be. Some resources that were mentioned in this episode: Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicolas Taleb Jason Lowery's Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/idratherberight/message

In his book, The Bed of Procrustes, Nassim Taleb writes: "Decline starts with the replacement of dreams with memories and ends with the replacement of memories with other memories." Three days ago, I came across a photo taken in 1992. It's me, with my girlfriend at the time, snuggled together on the edge of Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote. It's a few weeks before I'm due to sail across the Atlantic, which will ultimately doom the relationship – but there's a wonderful sense of love, joy and optimism in that photo. The memory triggered an obvious question – would that 21 year-old recognise the person he's become – thirty years later? Another passage from Taleb's short book – which I bought and read yesterday – gave me pause: "... talk to no ordinary man over forty. A man without a heroic bent starts dying at the age of thirty." We laugh about men who have a mid-life crisis – who buy a Porsche or leave their wives to find validation (and eventually desolation) elsewhere, but I had my own crisis of sorts. I wasn't interested in cars or other women (I struck gold first time) ... but I did feel that I was dying a little inside. The truth of Taleb's exaggeration, felt perfectly real to me. Part of what I did – then for myself, now for others – was about reconnecting with the heroic aspect of life. That's what happens when we tell our story. As we tell it to others, we are telling it to ourself. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/755:-Dreams-or-Memories

Just the other day, I saw a meme that said, “You will never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you.” It hit me at the right time because I needed that reminder. I think most of us do, don't we? Then, serendipity struck again, when I saw an article on social media about Procrustes Syndrome, which was posted to a Facebook group managed by interpreter Tony Valle. After Tony and I talked about it for a bit, we decided to sit down and go a little deeper into the subject to discuss what Procrustes Syndrome is and brainstorm ways to avoid this kind of issue in our professional and personal lives. Watch our interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a18SSjEUBEs *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* CHECK OUT THIS EPISODE'S SPONSOR: LSP.expert»»» Get 15% off with the code RAFA Grammarly *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* MORE INFO: S01E03: Impostor Syndrome (audio | video) S01E28: Have you Ever Felt Like a Fraud? (audio | video) Article: Procrustes Syndrome: Do Well But Don't Do Better Than Me *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* By the way, if you're interested in checking out "Tools and Technology in Translation," here are some links: » Book » Online Class » YouTube Channel » Podcast » Webinars » Facebook Page » Twitter » Website » Email *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Stay tuned for weekly episodes and subscribe to Translation Confessional through your favorite podcast app. To learn more about my background as a translator and translation instructor, visit my professional website at RafaLombardino.com Send me an email with feedback, ideas, and requests to RLombardino@WordAwareness.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/translation-confessional/message

Just the other day, I saw a meme that said, “You will never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you.” It hit me at the right time because I needed that reminder. I think most of us do, don't we? Then, serendipity struck again, when I saw an article on social media about Procrustes Syndrome, which was posted to a Facebook group managed by interpreter Tony Valle. After Tony and I talked about it for a bit, we decided to sit down and go a little deeper into the subject to discuss what Procrustes Syndrome is and brainstorm ways to avoid this kind of issue in our professional and personal lives. Watch our interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a18SSjEUBEs *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* CHECK OUT THIS EPISODE'S SPONSOR: LSP.expert »»» Get 15% off with the code RAFA Grammarly *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* MORE INFO: S01E03: Impostor Syndrome (audio | video) S01E28: Have you Ever Felt Like a Fraud? (audio | video) Article: Procrustes Syndrome: Do Well But Don't Do Better Than Me *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* By the way, if you're interested in checking out "Tools and Technology in Translation," here are some links: » Book » Online Class » YouTube Channel » Podcast » Webinars » Facebook Page » Twitter » Website » Email *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Stay tuned for weekly episodes and subscribe to Translation Confessional through your favorite podcast app. To learn more about my background as a translator and translation instructor, visit my professional website at RafaLombardino.com Send me an email with feedback, ideas, and requests to RLombardino@WordAwareness.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/translation-confessional/message

I used to tell a joke about Heimdall, but it was pretty horny. I used to tell a joke about Osiris, but it fell to pieces. I used to tell a joke about Venus, but it was masturbatory. I used to tell a joke about Sleipnir, but it didn't have legs. I used to tell a joke about Prometheus, but it needed a spark. I used to tell a joke about Draupnir, but it just didn't ever end. I used to tell a joke about Marathon, but it was a bit of a long walk. I used to tell a joke about the Hecatoncheires, but it was punching down. I used to tell a joke about Tyr, but it wasn't even-handed. I used to tell a joke about Ragnarok, but everyone knew the end already. I used to tell a joke about Jormungand, but it was very toxic. I used to tell a joke about Pandora, but it was too out of the box. I used to tell a joke about Cerberus, but it was just gatekeeping. I used to tell a joke about Yggdrasil, but I had to leaf. I used to tell a joke about the labyrinth's inhabitant, but it was bull. I used to tell a joke about the sword of Damocles, but it was over my head. I used to tell a joke about Procrustes, but I kept getting cut off. I used to tell a joke about Sisyphus, but I got tired of the repetition. I used to tell a joke about Penelope's crafting, but it was just an excuse to kill time. I used to tell a joke about the Golden Apple, but it caused too many arguments. I used to tell a joke about Gordian succession, but it was a tangled mess. I used to tell a joke about Minerva's bird, but I can't remember owl of it.01:58 AYURIS: Caylus 1303 (William Attia, Space Cowboys, 2019)Games Played Last Week:04:38 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)05:55 -Rhino Hero Super Battle (Scott Frisco & Steven Strumpf, HABA, 2017)06:00 -Kabuto Sumo (Tony Miller, BoardGameTables.com, 2021)06:37 -Shards of Infinity: Shadow of Salvation (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2019)07:07 -Star Realms (Robert Dougherty & Darwin Kastle, Wise Wizard, 2014)09:06 -Root (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2018)11:39 -Faiyum (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2020)12:45 -Descent: Legends in the Dark (Kara Centell-Dunk & Nathan I. Hajek, Fantasy Flight, 2021)25:01 -Dark Souls: The Board Game (David Carl, Alex Hall, Mat Hart, & Richard Loxam, Steamforged Games, 2017)28:34 -Warp's Edge (Scott Almes, Renegade Game Studios, 2020)31:46 -ALIEN: Fate of the Nostromo (Scott Rogers, Ravensburger, 2021)37:56 -Lots (Thomas Wells, Self-Published, 2021) 39:54 -Mandala (Trevor Benjamin & Brett J. Gilbert, 2019) 44:59 -Canvas (Jeff Chin & Andrew Nerger, Road to Infamy Games, 2021)46:20 -Rush M.D. (Athony Howgego, Konstantinos Kokkinis, & Dávid Turczi, Artipia Games, 2020)News (and why it doesn't matter):48:43 International Gamers Award nominees https://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/121685/nominees-announced-2021-international-gamers-award49:28 Hero Realms digital beta50:00 Blood Red Skies and unpainted minis51:55 Atomic Mass Games: Star Wars: Armada being discontinued?53:20 SVWAG's statement on allegations against Greg Spence, CEO of Broken Token, and in solidarity with victims of sexual assaulthttps://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/22632835/broken-token-greg-spence-allegations-sexual-assault-abuse54:37 Topic: Bluffing1:22:29 SVWAG Presents: Masterpiece Theatre Presents: The Fast and the Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Tips I wish I knew if I started over again: The goal is not to become ‘successful' as a photographer, because once you achieved it, the nagging question — “Then what?” Perpetual curiosity and creative productivity as a better goal. To travel the world, to live abroad and pursue and focus on your photography as a noble goal. The most valuable ‘brand' you have is your first and last name. Whenever you make a YouTube video or write anything, always best to mention your first and last name. Names last; “brands” don't. When making YouTube videos or vlogging, best to just say what is on your mind as a ‘stream of consciousness'. Don't pre-rehearse. Best to just do it in ‘one take'– even if you mess up, it seems more real and authentic. People don't care how ‘good' you are, they care about how authentic you are. The best marketing barbell is focus 90% on your personal self-hosted blog (signup bluehost.com and install wordpress.org) and 10% on YouTube. Best to give away 99% of your stuff for free, and charge a lot of money for 1% of your stuff. Don't focus on gear and gear reviews (these will become stale within a few months or a year). Focus on ‘evergreen' information — information that will still be relevant and useful 10 years from now. Longevity is the best signal of success rather than short-term fame. Aim to be relevant for DECADES. You can call yourself successful once you've been in the game for 3 decades (Dr. Dre, JAY Z, Eminem, Snoop Dogg etc). Don't become married or trapped to any camera brand. Best to be brand and gear agnostic — just use what is best for your own purposes. Social media is a trap. If you don't pay money for your platform, you're being suckered. Avoid ‘social media sharecropping' (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, etc). Do you remember Flickr and MySpace? To expand your creative canvas, consider yourself a ‘visual artist' rather than just a ‘photographer'. The best way to stand apart and to differentiate yourself is to cross-pollinate all of your interests and passions. For example for me (ERIC KIM) — Street photography, sociology, entrepreneurship, and philosophy. Any single genre is a trap. Associate yourself with a certain color to impute a certain color with your brand concept. In the past I used a tiffany-blue green-blue color, and more recently, a crimson red. Stick with a certain color for a long time, but also allow yourself to change it up when you want (lately I am more drawn to a highlighter lime-green). Your first 10,000 blog posts are your worst. Everything you create is a stream of becoming. There is no end-game. To never stop is the end-game. For more entrepreneurial inspiration and motivation, best to read philosophy than any modern-day texts on entrepreneurship. The only good book on entrepreneurship is written by a philosopher/entrepreneur (Peter Thiel, Zero to One). Also Nassim Taleb as great for entrepreneurial ideas (Antifragile, Skin in the Game, Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Fooled by Randomness). Any books by Nietzsche as uber-motivational. It seems that solo entrepreneurship and you becoming a ‘full stack' solution is the best one (in praise of sole proprietorship). You will never find anyone else as passionate as you about what you do. More photographers should also become bloggers. Ideas are more valuable than photos.

Join us as we have breakdowns over Death Valley and Procrustes because we got a nice boring filler chapter this week. At least our heroes make it out alive.   Send us an Iris message at oftheeldestgodspod@gmail.com with your thoughts and theories going forward! We would love to hear from you. Make sure to subscribe so you know when our next episode drops and rate and review if you like what we are doing. IG: https://www.instagram.com/oftheeldestgodspod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/oftheeldestgods       Follow Taylor: IG: https://www.instagram.com/taylorfromcabin6/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalFemme  Plug: Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix special) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Burnham:_Inside) Follow Charlie: IG: https://www.instagram.com/greenpixie12/ and https://www.instagram.com/greenpixiedraws/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenpixie123  Fandoms Gone Wrong: https://www.instagram.com/fandomsgonewrongpod/ and https://twitter.com/fandomgonewrong  Plug: Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender)  Check out the other shows on the Movie Night Crew Network!: https://www.movienightcrewnetwork.com/ Mentioned in the Show: 1. Death Valley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley) 2. Santa Monica Pier (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Pier) 3. Procrustes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes) 4. This Podcast Will Kill You Episode on 6/15 (https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2021/06/15/episode-75-mercury-the-cost-of-progress/) 5. John Mulaney on Home Alone 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uD-akXggZA&ab_channel=ComedyCentralStand-Up)

We have a follow up discussion about Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes. Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads Check out my book

We take a look at Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes. Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads Check out my book

For the last few years, the idea that “Smart Cities” were the inevitable next stage in the evolution of urban spaces has been the consensus among policy buffs. It stands to reason: city-based clusters are where creativity and innovation have always flourished, because of the collision and co-operation between diverse viewpoints and diverse backgrounds of densely-packed residents. In fact, chance meetings of people with different interests (sometimes called water-cooler conversations) were encouraged in some of the most innovative places in the world. I worked at Bell Labs, arguably then the most intellectually stimulating environment anywhere, and the deliberately long corridors to the cafeteria meant physicists, material scientists, electrical engineers, mathematicians and so on rubbed shoulders. The long-running games of Go in the cafeteria also encouraged random encounters among kibitzers.When you added Big Data and Machine Learning into the mix, it sounded logical that a heavily networked Smart City would be increasingly efficient, and could be optimized for smart mobility, zero carbon emissions, resilience, digital transformation, and so on. All this is quite true. But this vision struck me, as an observer at the UNESCO Netexplo Smart Cities Forum 2019, as overly skewed towards developed nations, as well as soul-less and clinical. From the point of view of a resident like me of a mid-sized city in a developing nation, these objectives were not very relevant to the issues that we faced, which are more elemental and basic: the preservation of heritage buildings and water bodiesproviding drinking water, reliable electricity and internet accesshygienic waste management and recycling/upcyclingthe husbanding of animal and bird populationsmanaging marginalized populations of migrants and the indigentdisaster mitigation and recoveryand the provision of traditional public transport such as buses and metros. So it was not a great surprise to me that Smart Cities failed the “crash test” provided without warning by the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, as described by Bernard Cathelat, eminent sociologist. Says he, further: Reading the conclusions of a CEPESS (Economic and Social Studies Centre) symposium (held in November 2016 in Louvain), we encountered the pioneering concept of ville réliante, which we borrowed to develop and model as Linking Cities. “Smart cities bring a technological dimension to sustainable cities associated with innovation and digital solutions [...] But in our opinion, Eco-cities and smart cities do not sufficiently take into account human, cultural and political dimensions [...] The CEPESS wishes to make its contribution by proposing a new vision of the city, that of connecting cities, of linking cities: a model which places the development of links at the heart of the urban project.” (Jérémy Dagnies and Antoine de Borman, CEPESS.)Furthemore, Cathelat (ibid, pg. 10) summarizes what might make a city more human-scale:more vegetationreduced concentration and decentralizationthe stimulation of social interaction… and solidarity initiativesmore interactive governance.In other words, a departure from the Cartesian, mechanistic point of view, and a call to a more humane perspective. I have written about the inadequacy of Cartesian thought and especially about the issue of emergent intelligence that arises from social interactions. We do need a more holistic perspective. What did surprise me upon listening in detail to Bernard Cathelet’s excellent presentation in April 2021 was that I had encountered in my own village and small-city life elements of what he described as Linking Cities: a human rather than a technology focus, which make them more responsive/resilient to shocks. Somehow, I had overlooked them, in the headlong rush towards ‘modernity’.Earlier, I had presented, at the conference on Disaster-Resilient Smart Cities at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi in 2019, a case study of the Smart Cities project where I live, Trivandrum, in southwestern India. It is a Tier-2 city with a population of about 2.5 million, the capital of coastal Kerala State, blessed with natural beauty and centered around an 1,800 year old Hindu temple, a grand historical monument. The official Smart City Trivandrum list of objectives is as follows:This bears little resemblance to the futuristic utopian vision typical of a Western Smart City. Furthermore, developing nation cities cannot afford the investments needed to get to the Western level. Surely their citizenry would protest at what they considered frivolous, ivory-tower expenditure while their real, day-to-day needs were not being met. My conclusion was that cities evolved to be Smart Cities, and it was not one-size-fits-all. This distinction has to be recognized, and a simple way would be to acknowledge that there were several levels to which a city could aspire, and be certified. The analog I used was the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for software developers, which has several levels. I thought a typical developing country city should aspire to Level 0 first, which would meet the basic needs of its citizens; once that had been achieved, it could move up to the next levels. What the 2021 definition of Linking Cities has given me, though, is a greater appreciation for the many things that my city and my village have (or had), which would handily allow them to be much better Linking Cities. In other words, we have, in the recent past, lost many good things, and pushed ourselves into urban dystopias in the single-minded pursuit of economic growth. “Prosperity comes with three terminal diseases: debt, obesity, and tourism”: according to public intellectual Nassim Nicholas Taleb, in Bed of Procrustes. To that, one could add, ‘anonymity’ and ‘modernity’. I can remember in my own lifetime how there were working farms and paddy fields within a mile of any point in Trivandrum; instead of high-rise apartment buildings, most of the pleasantly undulating city had neighborhoods of single-family homes. Linking Cities: Social Interaction and SolidarityI grew up in a cul-de-sac of about 20 homes (new ones were built over time), and every one of them had a small yard and a profusion of trees and vegetable gardens. Over time, the plot sizes grew smaller (initially most of them were 6 to 10 cents (ie. 6%-10% of an acre), later they were as small as 3 cents, more crowded and cheek-by-jowl with the neighbors. Some homes were turned into rentals, one tenant on each of two floors (there is only one three-floored structure, which is three flats).There was a community; it had a Residents’ Association, and every month the secretary would visit every house to collect the small dues, and that was an occasion to discuss any concerns the residents had. If there were major issues, a petition would be drafted and submitted to be municipal authorities. So there was a measure of self-governance and a sense of togetherness. Periodically, there were get-togethers on somebody’s rooftop terrace or yard, where children would demonstrate their skills at song or dance; a guest might deliver a lecture on household finance or the medical problems of women. Everybody knew everybody else, including the transient renters. In this enclave, only one household had a car; another household had a phone. All of us gave that single phone number to our friends and relatives in case of emergency, and it was a chore for the poor man with the phone to despatch his kids to the neighbors’ houses whenever someone called. In the evenings, the children would gather on the street and play cricket or run around in the vacant lots. A particular favorite was the haystack that would appear after the paddy harvest: it was a pleasure to inhale the fragrance and feel the rough rice-stalks on one’s face. Periodically a few wild rhesus monkeys from the nearby large Palace compound would traverse the tree-tops and wreak havoc on houses with unguarded windows, or on the fruit-bearing mango or coconut trees.The women would chat over their walls with their neighbors until it was dusk, and thus time to prepare the evening meal. Empathy and conviviality. There was no TV (literally), and this was their best form of entertainment. All this has changed now. Every house has a couple of cars; every individual has a mobile phone. The children are busy with their tablets; the men with their social media or cricket. Women watch soap-operas on broadcast TV, or Netflix or Amazon Prime. People know each other vaguely, but there is no intimacy or sense of community; everyone is wrapped up in their own little cocoons. Another aspect of urban blight is plastic waste. We simply didn’t have packaging when I was a child. Instead of cereals or vegetables packed in plastic in a supermarket, in the old-fashioned bazaar or corner grocery store they used to wrap up our purchases of lentils or tomatoes in old newspaper cones or pages ripped out of school exercise books. Meat was packed in banana or other leaves. Everything was biodegradable. Even the unglazed clay cups used to serve tea in trains were biodegradable: tossed out on the tracks, they degraded into mud shortly. Today our roadsides and especially railroad tracks are covered with plastic waste. Even worse, so are our urban water bodies: people unthinkingly throw trash into water, resulting in the gumming up of streams into fetid, disgusting pools which then overflow during the monsoons onto the streets. Plastic packaging is a curse, and whenever I segregate garbage, I am astonished at how much of it I have to haul to the recycler. And there is no guarantee that any of this is recycled. Given the unscrupulous nature of petty traders and corruption in local government, it is entirely possible that the waste that I have laboriously sorted is just dumped into some hole in the ground, to leach everything from heavy metals to other toxic waste into the groundwater. Without being mistily romantic about a past fifty years ago that definitely had its share of human suffering and environmental degradation, it is worth considering the hugely negative effects of the hydrocarbon economy: in climate change, in the proliferation of plastics, and the health effects.Earlier, the newspaper boy, the milkman, the postman, and the fish vendor, among others, used to ride their bicycles, with their goods strapped to the ‘carrier’. Today, every one of them uses mechanized transport, either a two-wheeler or a three-wheeler. It is likely that their health has suffered from the reduced exercise. There was ‘smart transportation’ then too, of a different sort. The produce from distant suburbs used to come by bullock cart: convoys would unhurriedly travel through the night, with the tinkle of a bell and a circle of light from their hurricane lamps. The bullocks knew the way, and the drivers would nod off. Now there are mini-trucks, often with loud two-stroke engines, that do the job: the bullocks are gone. They are no longer in much use in paddy fields, either. Linking Cities: VegetationIn fact, the paddy fields are gone, too. Every one of them within city limits has been paved over and turned into residential land, as demand soared with migration. In addition, well-meaning but highly damaging economic policies under left-leaning governments destroyed the very rationale for paddy cultivation. This is a warning for overly intrusive governments as in the San Francisco Bay Area: you can easily drive business away, as is already happening. When I was a child, my great-uncle made good money from farming a few acres of land in our home village about two hours away. Later, my uncle, who was an agricultural scientist, made decent money running his father’s fields that surrounded his beautiful house with an interior courtyard open to the heavens. But over time, he told me, he was forced to subsidize his rice cultivation with his salary as a scientist. So he stopped farming; and others had similar stories.Governments, with the intention of improving the incomes of agricultural laborers, pushed up minimum wages to the point it simply became uneconomical. Labor militancy meant that mechanisation was also not possible. Paradoxically, the end result was not that laborers got good wages: it was that agriculture disappeared. The laborers ended up migrating, and coincidentally, there was the post-1973 Persian Gulf oil boom: they became, in effect, slaves there with virtually no rights, toiling away in the blazing desert heat. Well-meaning Western commentators were impressed by the high quality of life in our villages but their extrapolations may not have anticipated the downsides of “radical reform as development” as they put it. The delicate equilibrium that had sustained some of the best, well-watered, fertile, rice-growing land in the world for millennia came to an abrupt end in the 20th century. The idea in Linking Cities of bringing vegetation and urban farming to cities, albeit with vertical farms or hydroponics, is appealing, because there’s something very old and deep in the human psyche that responds to crops, economics aside. There are two other aspects of village life in Kerala worth noting: community and health. Linking Cities: Family-centric CommunitiesThere has traditionally been a matrilineal system of inheritance in the area among Hindus (though not among Christians or Muslims). Descent was through the women, and therefore property also passed down the female side, and a child belonged to one’s mother’s family, not father’s. The sisters in a family would live together in a joint family, and that would be matriarchal as well: women gained power as they aged. The husband moved in with the wife’s joint family.This construct was particularly suited to an agrarian setup, because it ensured that landholdings remained intact with the joint family, and were not atomized through nuclear families splitting away. It was an economically sensible protocol, and women in Kerala were more equal than their sisters elsewhere in the country: they had economic freedom, and were not dependent on their husbands.My late mother, a professor, remembered with fondness the joint family she grew up in: there was always some aunt to take care of the children even if the parents were busy; and the old people in the household had children to spoil and pass on religious and cultural values to. Somehow, everybody was fed and taken care of. My mother was essentially an orphan, as her mother died young and her father had a traveling job, but she, too, was brought up by the family.Unfortunately, this system broke down when people started moving to the towns in search of non-agricultural jobs, thus setting up nuclear families of their own. Worse, in misguided zeal for ‘reform’, the princely state in the 1920s — possibly influenced by British prejudice, as about half of India was colonized by Britain at the time — abolished the matrilineal joint family. As Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has demonstrated, women are far more careful and sensible users of money for the welfare of their families than men are. Men, on average, spend a large portion of their earnings on themselves, including in gambling, drinking and other vices.This phenomenon is widely seen to this day. Every maid-servant in Trivandrum has the same story: they take an hour-long bus trip from the exurbs, and work for 2-3 hours cooking, cleaning, and washing clothes for middle class families. They might do this for two or three families, perhaps visiting them twice a week. It is a hard life, but it is one way to earn a living.Every one of them complains about their lazy, no-good husbands, and often, alas, their layabout sons, who are casual day laborers or workers without steady jobs, and it is up to the women to maintain the household. The woman-led joint family is far removed from single-mother-led nuclear families, and the sense of community and loyalty it engenders may have lessons for a world in which atomization, angst and anomie are major problems. How can that sense of togetherness be re-created?Linking Cities: DecentralizationOne of the consequences of the pandemic has been the increasingly tenuous links between geography and work. It turns out you can work — at least a lot of things can be done — remotely from anywhere. This is likely to be a lasting change. There are those who view this as an opportunity. For instance, there’s self-made technology billionaire Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho, sitting on a verandah (thinnai in Tamil) in a small village, from where he directs his global business.This trend is likely to become more widespread, as ‘digital nomads’ build up their ‘network states’, as articulated in a wide-ranging podcast by Balaji Srinivasan, a respected Silicon Valley venture capitalist, who himself has migrated to Singapore and India, reasoning that the future of technology will be in Asia.Similarly, a number of technology workers have moved from the crowded Silicon Valley, to Austin, TX, or Miami, FL, to remote Montana or Colorado where they could enjoy nature, or to places like Estonia or Bali. This, then, is the competition for Linking Cities: the good life is no longer confined to certain parts of rich countries. The truly global worker is now (almost) a reality. The age of decentralization is here; distributed systems, more robust and resilient, can now become part of de-globalization, and paired with blockchain and perhaps cryptocurrencies, can create an alternative model.Linking Cities: HealthFinally, on to health. The pandemic has shown the limitations of technological solutions of monitoring or surveilling the population. Track-and-trace systems, including the vaunted Apple/Google cooperative venture, did not prove up to the task of predicting, isolating, or directing resources to the worst-hit areas.Says Bernard Cathelat (ibid, pg. 40): “Smarter city” professionals have to look at the issue of the balance between the cold logic and phenomenal computational ability of artificial intelligence, and another type of intelligence, a human one, whose talents lie more in the “right brain” of intuition, imagination, creativity and improvisation.There is more. We may be reaching the limits of industrial medicine. Once again, the mechanistic Cartesian vanity of Western Science is reflected in the elaborate and expensive paraphernalia of the drug industry, although fundamentally its output is stochastic and not deterministic. There is only a certain probability of a medicine working on a particular person, and the gold standard, the Randomized Controlled Trial, is purely about correlation, and not about causation.There simply isn’t a Theory of Disease in Western medicine, or, as it is called in India, allopathy. Whereas traditional Indian medicine, Ayurveda, does have a theory of disease, which is about the balance among three doshas: vata, pitta and kapha. When an individual loses the natural equilibrium amongst these, diseases emerge; thus Ayurveda has a causal effect for systemic, long-term illnesses, and a physician provides customized health care that is unique to the individual.There is evidence, for example from the gut biome, that it is the disturbance of a balance (in this case between benign bacteria and malign bacteria) that causes much diseases. An Ayurvedic physician spends time with a patient, understanding his family history, his work stress, his food habits and his hobbies, because all that goes into a gestalt of what he is all about. The physician then prescribes a treatment which includes herbal medicines, diet restrictions, yoga and meditation. Sometimes all that the patient needs is a two-week course of rejuvenation. Can technology help in this personalized medicine? Of course, it can. An AI that can sift the Big Data about the individual and correlate his actions to his personality can help guide the physician. Tracking the effects of the course of treatment over time can also help. But most of all, what can help is that there is a system of medicine that treats you as a human being with emotions and a certain personal history, rather than a Cartesian machine. Ayurveda has dealt with pandemics in its millennia-old history, and baked into its protocols are insights on how to improve immunity to fend off pathogens. Unfortunately, in the mad rush towards vaccines and anti-viral drugs, even the Indian Government has paid little heed to Ayurvedic formulations, even those that have shown efficacy against the SARS-COV-2 virus.To sum it up, Linking Cities can indeed provide for better diagnostics and better healthcare especially if it takes into consideration traditional knowledge in medicine. Nobel laureate Octavio Paz once said of his country, Mexico, that it was “condemned to modernize”. Linking Cities suggests that there doesn’t need to be either-or. You can modernize, but also retain that which is valuable from the past. Japan, for instance, has modernized without losing its core values. Linking Cities give us hope that we can, globally, do the same. Those who manage them have to think deeply about the Ethics of Linking Cities, and ask “Whose cities are these?”April 19, 2021 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com

Håkan Lidbo is a musician, artist, innovator, designer, and founder of the Rumtiden Idea Lab, an unconventional creative workspace in Stockholm.The work of Håkan and his collaborators stretches across music, art, installations, games, robots, software, public installations, and more. It's quite difficult to define exactly what they do, which is a testament to their vision: "bringing totally new ideas into the world that weren't here before."Håkan himself is wildly prolific (he has released more than 350 records and held a world record for the fastest-releasing musical artist in the early 2000s) and an embodiment of innovation. I sat down with him to talk about how he's able to place himself outside conventional structures and traditions while thriving as a productive and creative leader.http://designdisciplin.com/hakan-lidbo# Related Books, Links, and Resources- Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: https://geni.us/antifragile-dd- Change by Design by Tim Brown: https://geni.us/change-by-design- Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley: https://geni.us/creative-confidence- Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda: https://geni.us/creative-selection-dd- Elektron Music Machines: http://elektron.se/- Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari: https://geni.us/homo-deus-dd- How To by Michael Bierut: https://geni.us/how-to-dd- How to Fly a Horse by Kevin Ashton: https://geni.us/how-to-fly-a-horse- Reason Studios (formerly Propellerhead Software): https://www.reasonstudios.com/- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari: https://geni.us/sapiens-dd- Simone Giertz: https://www.simonegiertz.com/- Teenage Engineering: https://teenage.engineering/- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson: https://geni.us/almanack- The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley: https://geni.us/art-of-innovation- The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: https://geni.us/bed-of-procrustes- The Ten Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelley: https://geni.us/ten-faces- Zoom H1N (Håkan's voice recorder): https://geni.us/zoom-h1n# Connect with Design Discipline- Website: http://designdisciplin.com​- Podcast: http://podcast.designdisciplin.com​- Instagram: https://instagram.com/designdisciplin/​- Twitter: https://twitter.com/designdisciplin/​- YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCtXM3JdnERaNOiFKaHZJL_w- Bookstore: http://designdisciplin.com​/bookstore# Connect with Håkan Lidbo- Personal Website: https://www.hakanlidbo.com/- Website for Rumtiden: https://www.rumtiden.com/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/hakanlidbo- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hakan_lidbo/# Episode Bookmarks00:00:00 What does Håkan Lidbo do?00:04:29 The Structure of Rumtiden00:12:26 Håkan's Story00:28:08 From Art to Platform00:35:05 Learning Imagination00:41:40 "Design"00:55:14 Books00:56:24 Places and Tools00:57:47 Lego01:02:21 Swedish Synthesizers01:06:14 Collaboration and Singing Tunnels01:12:54 Failure and Art01:16:34 Inspirations01:22:02 Closing

Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. What Taleb has identified and calls “antifragile” is that category of things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. In The Black Swan, Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. In Antifragile, Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary, and proposes that things be built in an antifragile manner. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better. Furthermore, the antifragile is immune to prediction errors and protected from adverse events. Why is the city-state better than the nation-state, why is debt bad for you, and why is what we call “efficient” not efficient at all? Why do government responses and social policies protect the strong and hurt the weak? Why should you write your resignation letter before even starting on the job? How did the sinking of the Titanic save lives? The book spans innovation by trial and error, life decisions, politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems, and medicine. And throughout, in addition to the street wisdom of Fat Tony of Brooklyn, the voices and recipes of ancient wisdom, from Roman, Greek, Semitic, and medieval sources, are loud and clear. Antifragile is a blueprint for living in a Black Swan world. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, Taleb's message is revolutionary: The antifragile, and only the antifragile, will make it.

My Main Podcast - A Curious Worldview - https://curiousworldview.buzzsprout.com/1485736The Bed Of ProcrustesTaleb's third book to the Incerto Series. The Bed Of Procrustes is a wonderfully insightful series of aphorisms. In true Talebian fashion, the contents are thought-provoking and contrarian as usual.This is my second favourite volume from the Incerto  (REVISED) https://atlasgeographica.com/the-black-swan-nassim-taleb/--------Contact me

A poem unrolling the peculiar feelings of violation and vivisection that can and do course through the children of domestic abuse, especially but not exclusively with respect to gender norms and sexuality. 

koronavirus, covid-19, terapija, društvene mreže, vakcine, plazma, dezinformacije Links:Priključenija 1: Vanredno stanje — Nismo epidemiolozi, a ni virolozi, ali umemo da pričamo. Šta dva onkologa misle da znaju o koronavirusu?Bug-out bag - Wikipedia — A bug-out bag or BOB is a portable kit that normally contains the items one would require to survive for 72 hours when evacuating from a disaster, although some kits are designed to last longer periods.Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile: Taleb, Nassim Nicholas: 9780399590450: Amazon.com: Books — Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series is an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decision-making in a world we don't understand, in nonoverlapping and standalone books. All four volumes—Antifragile, The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and the expanded edition of The Bed of Procrustes, updated with more than 50 percent new material—are now together in one boxed set.Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Wikipedia — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) is a Lebanese-American (of Antiochian Greek descent) essayist, scholar, mathematical statistician, and former option trader and risk analyst, whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.Priključenija 28: TviterSenior WHO official dodges questions about Taiwan's WHO membership; praises China - YouTubePriključenija 4: Vuhanski virus — Koje je poreklo virusa SARS-CoV-2? Od 5G mreža preko bega iz laboratorije do najverovatnijeg odgovora: slepih miševa, pangolina, i nesposobnosti svetskih vlada da preduprede najočigledniju moguću katastrofu.Some Scientists Question W.H.O. Inquiry Into the Coronavirus Pandemic's Origins - The New York TimesWHO Investigators to Scrap Plans for Interim Report on Probe of Covid-19 Origins - WSJWelcome — RECOVERY Trial — This national clinical trial aims to identify treatments that may be beneficial for people hospitalised with suspected or confirmed COVID-19Coronavirus: Operation Warp Speed — Using the resources of the federal government and the U.S. private sector, Operation Warp Speed (OWS) will accelerate the testing, supply, development, and distribution of safe and effective vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to counter COVID-19 by January 2021.Swine Enteric Coronavirus Disease (PDF) — Vaccines against PEDV, one of the two disease agents, are available that can be used in sows prior to farrowingMilošev blog – Kako je kovid pojeo SrbijuGrifterPriključenija 27: VakcineMilošev blog – Nekoliko reči o vakcinama za Covid-19 od laika za vakcine ali ne i za nauku — Koja, onda, vakcina? Koja god je prva dostupna. Links:Priključenija 1: Vanredno stanje — Nismo epidemiolozi, a ni virolozi, ali umemo da pričamo. Šta dva onkologa misle da znaju o koronavirusu?Bug-out bag - Wikipedia — A bug-out bag or BOB is a portable kit that normally contains the items one would require to survive for 72 hours when evacuating from a disaster, although some kits are designed to last longer periods.Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile: Taleb, Nassim Nicholas: 9780399590450: Amazon.com: Books — Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series is an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decision-making in a world we don't understand, in nonoverlapping and standalone books. All four volumes—Antifragile, The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and the expanded edition of The Bed of Procrustes, updated with more than 50 percent new material—are now together in one boxed set.Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Wikipedia — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) is a Lebanese-American (of Antiochian Greek descent) essayist, scholar, mathematical statistician, and former option trader and risk analyst, whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.Priključenija 28: TviterSenior WHO official dodges questions about Taiwan's WHO membership; praises China - YouTubePriključenija 4: Vuhanski virus — Koje je poreklo virusa SARS-CoV-2? Od 5G mreža preko bega iz laboratorije do najverovatnijeg odgovora: slepih miševa, pangolina, i nesposobnosti svetskih vlada da preduprede najočigledniju moguću katastrofu.Some Scientists Question W.H.O. Inquiry Into the Coronavirus Pandemic's Origins - The New York TimesWHO Investigators to Scrap Plans for Interim Report on Probe of Covid-19 Origins - WSJWelcome — RECOVERY Trial — This national clinical trial aims to identify treatments that may be beneficial for people hospitalised with suspected or confirmed COVID-19Coronavirus: Operation Warp Speed — Using the resources of the federal government and the U.S. private sector, Operation Warp Speed (OWS) will accelerate the testing, supply, development, and distribution of safe and effective vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to counter COVID-19 by January 2021.Swine Enteric Coronavirus Disease (PDF) — Vaccines against PEDV, one of the two disease agents, are available that can be used in sows prior to farrowingMilošev blog – Kako je kovid pojeo SrbijuGrifter

The famous Greek myth of the Bed of Procrustes illustrates the principle that we shouldn’t try to pressure everyone to fit into a single approach. No bed fits every traveler; we can hurt people when we try to force them to fit into our model. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; podcast@gretchenrubin.com Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWebsite: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/

Procrustean is an adjective that means enforcing conformity. According to Greek mythology, Procrustes was a cruel villain who was eventually killed by the hero Theseus. Today the word is used to describe a villain who forces others to move in lock step to their command. Mrs. Beale could be a procrustean leader in our sixth grade English class. She demanded that everybody adhere to her very strict dress code that included no short sleeves, no shorts, no colors except for those representing the Pittsburgh Steelers black and gold.

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

The Bed Of ProcrustesTaleb's third book to the Incerto Series. The Bed Of Procrustes is a wonderfully insightful series of aphorisms. In true Talebian fashion, the contents are thought-provoking and contrarian as usual.This is my second favourite volume from the Incerto  (REVISED) https://atlasgeographica.com/the-black-swan-nassim-taleb/--------Contact me

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

A... water bed maker named Procrustes (surely a monster) for those who do not know, Procrustes is a monster who tried to stop (I would not tell you what is the heroes name that is how far I would only get) oh besides I want to ask you are you a fan of Percy Jackson!!! I really want to know... *sigh* stay tune!

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

Wisdom tales on Wednesdays ! ModMonk Anshul narrates yet another a beautiful yet very meaningful story from the Greek Mythology, of the Procrustes and about how he used logic for everything! Logic and analysis is great, it is a skill we all need to have to steer through life, but when we over do it we tend to miss out on life itself. We get to engrossed to fit logic into life, where as the truth is life should be fit in to logic and let be, while you enjoy the experiences of life, learning and blooming! Sending love and light ! Modmonk Anshul Do Follow us on ( just click on the media platform ) - Subscribe for regular updates ! Instagram : www.instagram.com/modmonkanshul Facebook : www.facebook.com/modmonkanshul LinkedIn : linkedin.com/company/soulschool

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

It's all Greek (mythology) to us this week! Get to know your monsters, like the minotaur and Medusa, your weird and vaguely spooky myths, like Procrustes and Sciron, and get deep into your Hozier feels with Orpheus and Eurydice. And learn how we were destined to be friends based on the Ancient Greece unit in elementary school. -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

David Roth returns for a very “There is No Sports, Rudolph” special episode, discussing KBO baseball, the non-sale of the New York Mets, bad Mariners draft picks, old “chase” baseball cards, and dissects the current political scene. Plus tales of a pitcher who correctly counted his number of groins and a deadly panic at Yankee Stadium. TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Pitcher Who Only Had One*Death at the Stadium*David Roth: Quarantine Beards and Keith Hernandez Ads*Remembering Some Guys in a Pandemic*Selling the Mets/Keeping SNY*“Joe Biden Made Me Sign Eduardo Nunez”/Tanking*A Manny Ramirez Digression*Short-Printing Topps and Greg Swindell Collectibles*KBO as an MLB-Substitute*Extreme There-Is-No-Baseball-Chat (Late-Night WPIX in New York in the 1980s and Goodfellas )*Back to the Mets: All the Apes Are Interns*Are the Mets a Small-Market Team?*A Moment With the Mariners*The Political World: The Emperor’s New Clothes was Wrong*Goodbyes.The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts Jesse Spector, Cliff Corcoran, and David Roth, and occasional guests discuss the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul lines to the culture at large. Expect stats, anecdotes, digressions, explorations of writing and fandom, and more Casey Stengel quotations than you thought possible. Along the way, they’ll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can’t get anybody out?

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

David Roth returns for a very “There is No Sports, Rudolph” special episode, discussing KBO baseball, the non-sale of the New York Mets, bad Mariners draft picks, old “chase” baseball cards, and dissects the current political scene. Plus tales of a pitcher who correctly counted his number of groins and a deadly panic at Yankee Stadium. TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Pitcher Who Only Had One*Death at the Stadium*David Roth: Quarantine Beards and Keith Hernandez Ads*Remembering Some Guys in a Pandemic*Selling the Mets/Keeping SNY*“Joe Biden Made Me Sign Eduardo Nunez”/Tanking*A Manny Ramirez Digression*Short-Printing Topps and Greg Swindell Collectibles*KBO as an MLB-Substitute*Extreme There-Is-No-Baseball-Chat (Late-Night WPIX in New York in the 1980s and Goodfellas )*Back to the Mets: All the Apes Are Interns*Are the Mets a Small-Market Team?*A Moment With the Mariners*The Political World: The Emperor’s New Clothes was Wrong*Goodbyes.The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts Jesse Spector, Cliff Corcoran, and David Roth, and occasional guests discuss the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul lines to the culture at large. Expect stats, anecdotes, digressions, explorations of writing and fandom, and more Casey Stengel quotations than you thought possible. Along the way, they’ll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can’t get anybody out?

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote some of his favourite maxims and ways to think in life into a book. This is a great hand book for nuggets of wisdom to ponder upon. Thus ponder we do on some of our favourites. Some examples include * What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment. * A man without a heroic bent starts dying at the age of thirty. * The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today’s employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss. * You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept. * Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur. * You can tell how uninteresting a person is by asking him whom he finds interesting. * Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment. * Preoccupation with efficacy is the main obstacle to a poetic, elegant, robust and heroic life. * Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed. * They are born, put in a box; they go home to live in a box; they study by ticking boxes; they go to what is called “work” in a box, where they sit in their cubicle box; they drive to the grocery store in a box to buy food in a box; they talk about thinking “outside the box”; and when they die they are put in a box. * A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

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Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for another set of aphorisms from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Our goal in this series is to demonstrate that philosophy is neither boring nor unapproachable. Everyone must engage with our own thoughts and dig deeper to discover things about ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Join us as Steven goes through important topics in practical philosophy and demonstrates how any amateur can begin to access more challenging materials. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

Humor is the kernel expression of truth. This week on #RiskyConversations we are joined by Stefan Gasic the one and only hilarious Creator of Earth’s only financial(ish) cartoon strip! Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Stefan Gasic twitter: https://twitter.com/NonMeek Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/ Check Out Stefans amazing art at https://gumroad.com/offshorecomic Books Mentioned: Dynamic Figure Drawing: A New Approach to Drawing the Moving Figure in Deep Space and Foreshortening Paperback – Aug 1 1996 by Burne Hogarth https://www.amazon.ca/Dynamic-Figure-Drawing-Approach-Foreshortening/dp/0823015777/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1582998982&refinements=p_27%3ABurne+Hogarth&s=books&sr=1-3 How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life Hardcover – Oct 22 2013 by Scott Adams https://www.amazon.ca/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still/dp/1591846919/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=scott+adams&qid=1582999221&s=books&sr=1-2 https://books.apple.com/ca/book/how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big/id645980630 Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game Hardcover – Jul 30 2019 by Nassim Nicholas Taleb https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981X/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=taleb&qid=1583000301&s=books&sr=1-7 https://books.apple.com/ca/book/incerto-4-book-bundle/id1067627442

Welcome back to The Amateur Society for a new direction after an extended absence! Fatherhood is fantastic, and it has led me to think about how we should structure our approach here at The Amateur Society. In our first series of 2020 we will model an ongoing philosophical inquiry to demonstrate that everyone can develop the skills necessary to ask meaningful, challenging questions and to dig in. We begin with a handful of aphorisms from Nassim Taleb's The Bed of Procrustes. This will be our approach for the next several sessions, and we hope you enjoy the free-ranging exploration of many critical ideas. Thanks again for joining us on The Amateur Society!The Bed Of Procrustes: https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Procrustes-Philosophical-Practical-Aphorisms/dp/0812982401Taleb's Incerto: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981XWordPress: https://amateursociety.wordpress.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWArNcoTCBRxeoTJWvcc9QSpreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/theamateursocietyiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/the-amateur-society-28550453/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontheobjective

How do you break a household's financial robustness and resilience? You live beyond your meansYou don't insure your risksYou never delay gratificationYou cast blameYou provide less value than your wageFailure freezes youWhat do you think? Please, send me your thoughts to matthew@forwardfocusfp.comLinks:The IncertoThe Bed of Procrustes

Again a lot of things that can lead to new perspectives of life and the world. From school, to human interactions to philosophy… - This episode of the Self Development with Tactics / SDWT podcast is all about aphorisms so amazing “life rules” and or just some thing Nassim Nicholas Taleb recognised. - Nat Eliason. (2019). The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Summary - Nat Eliason. [online] Available at: https://www.nateliason.com/notes/bed-procrustes-nassim-nicholas-taleb [Accessed 14 Dec. 2019]. - I as always hope that you get a lot out of that! - Love you ➠Thank you for being with me! If you liked this episode of your daily self development kick please subscribe and like. Stay tuned for upcoming self development videos aaaaand comment down below or hit me up on the social media platform you like the most. Wish you the best, health wealth and happiness ❤️ Who I am? I am Christopher Walch a 18 year old graphic design student from austria, really interested in marketing self Development and having success in every aspect of life❤️However I am not only interested in having the best for me! I want you to be at your peak as well. Giving value to the people out here is what I want and what I am able to do here! Thank you. Self Development with Tactics/Christopher Walch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/walchchristopher Self Development with Tactics'/Christopher Walch's Podcast: https://www.anchor.fm/selfdevelopment_wt/ Self Development with Tactics/Christopher Walch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SelfTactics Self Development with Tactics/Christopher Walch on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Selfdevelopment-With-Tactics Self Development with Tactics on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/we-selfdevelopment Self Development with Tactics/Christopher Walch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ms9lq2XRrgdy0rOrMYVUQ Self Development With Tactics/Christopher Walch on Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Christopher-Walch-SDWT-Podcast LOVE YOU ALL!! ❤️

Have you recognised some patterns before? Like some things that certain people always do and or some things that just frequently happen? Well here is quite a list of things. - This episode of the Self Development with Tactics / SDWT podcast is all about aphorisms so amazing “life rules” and or just some thing Nassim Nicholas Taleb recognised. - Nat Eliason. (2019). The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Summary - Nat Eliason. [online] Available at: https://www.nateliason.com/notes/bed-procrustes-nassim-nicholas-taleb [Accessed 14 Dec. 2019]. - I as always hope that you get a lot out of that! - Love you ➠Thank you for being with me! If you liked this episode of your daily self development kick please subscribe and like. Stay tuned for upcoming self development videos aaaaand comment down below or hit me up on the social media platform you like the most. Wish you the best, health wealth and happiness ❤️ Who I am? I am Christopher Walch a 18 year old graphic design student from austria, really interested in marketing self Development and having success in every aspect of life❤️However I am not only interested in having the best for me! I want you to be at your peak as well. Giving value to the people out here is what I want and what I am able to do here! Thank you. Self Development with Tactics/Christopher Walch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/walchchristopher Self Development with Tactics'/Christopher Walch's Podcast: https://www.anchor.fm/selfdevelopment_wt/ Self Development with Tactics/Christopher Walch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SelfTactics Self Development with Tactics/Christopher Walch on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Selfdevelopment-With-Tactics Self Development with Tactics on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/we-selfdevelopment Self Development with Tactics/Christopher Walch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ms9lq2XRrgdy0rOrMYVUQ Self Development With Tactics/Christopher Walch on Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Christopher-Walch-SDWT-Podcast LOVE YOU ALL!! ❤️

We're joined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb for Episode 81 of The Beirut Banyan, and we discuss the October 17 Revolution and Lebanon's modern history within the context of complex systems and local structures. Nassim is a professor at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. He is the author of Fooled by Randomness; The Black Swan; The Bed of Procrustes; Antifragile; and Skin in the Game. If you're enjoying these episodes, help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan And subscribe to our podcast from your preferred podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram: thebeirutbanyan Twitter: beirut_banyan Facebook: The Beirut Banyan Website: www.beirutbanyan.com Music by Marc Codsi. Graphics by Sara Tarhini.

Meet Jaffer Ali, he is a serial entrepreneur and loves to apply anti-fragility in service of business solutions in search of profits. He focuses on how to clip the left fat tail, or in everyday parlance, he loves to position himself to fix potential losses and set himself up for wins. Fat Tony says, "Suckers wanna win at all cost. Winners wanna lose at low cost." Jaffer explains how to do so. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guest:: Jaffer Ali https://twitter.com/Jaffer22915438 Edited :: XMV Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/ ****NEW **** Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ON AMAZON NOW https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=incerto&qid=1565234472&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Jaffer’s recommended reads: The Deniable Darwin and Other Essays By Berlinski Ph.D., Dr. David https://www.amazon.ca/Deniable-Darwin-Other-Essays/dp/0979014123/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Deniable+Darwin&qid=1569117942&s=books&sr=1-1 Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World by Nomi Prins https://www.amazon.ca/Collusion-Central-Bankers-Rigged-World/dp/1568585624/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=ollusion%3A+How+Central+Bankers&qid=1569118425&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmr0 https://books.apple.com/ca/book/collusion/id1278968504

Meet Matthias, he's interested in bio-hacking his subjective experience. He loves to see the impact of changing his stimuli and how it percolates into his well being. We will be discussing how weight training, fasting, orange tinted glasses, consumption of media, and appreciation for poetry change the subjective experience. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guest:: Matthias Galvin https://twitter.com/MatthiasGalvin Edited :: XMV Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/ ****NEW **** Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ON AMAZON NOW https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-...

The significance of effective decision-making can be seen in anything - from playing poker to business and to life in general. I’ve been reading Annie Duke’s book about making smarter decisions when you don't have all the facts. She’s a professional poker player and she emphasizes the importance of separating quality decisions from quality results. Although her book relates to the game of poker, listen to this episode to find out how I’ve applied this same concept in life and business. Refine your decision-making process, and as you do this, you’ll see better results.  Learn to accept that results in business are out of your hands A term in poker Duke refers to is called “resulting.” Resulting is described as the tendency for poker players to base the quality of their decisions on the quality of their results. An example of this can be seen in business. If your company hires a new CEO and things go well, the assumption is that it’s a result of the new CEO. If something goes poorly, you again assume it’s because of the decision to hire that CEO. We can make quality decisions, have a framework to follow, and then let go of results. Find out in this episode how both luck and skill play into this and why the results are out of your hands. Discover the importance of building a framework for decision-making in business In your eCommerce business, you can blindly test ads, but it’s not a good idea because that’s a poor decision. In our program, we have a process we teach that has proved to work. Learn in this episode how vital building that process is and how that one step can greatly impact your business.  Why you MUST form a mastermind with people you trust There’s a saying I like - you need two people to disagree and one to referee. I have found two people I trust who want the best for me. We are honest and challenge each other. We formed a small mastermind to hold one another accountable. I challenge you to do the same. Listen now to learn what we’ve done to help each other improve our businesses.  Remember the law of compounding Things that compound over time impact your business most. Analyze your decisions. Notice how rules and shortcuts have helped you. As your good decisions compound, good results will follow. That’s the big payoff from developing this framework for your decision-making. Listen now to find out how you can become an amazing decision-maker in your eCommerce business.  Outline of This Episode  [0:59] Find out why you must separate quality decisions from quality results [4:22] Learn to accept that end results are out of your hands [6:42] Always start with a framework for decision-making [10:37] Why it’s important to form a mastermind with people you trust Resources & People Mentioned Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke Warren Buffett What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars - by Jim Paul and Brendan Moynihan Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Charlie Munger Connect With Bryan Bowman Bryan’s website: https://www.ecomunderground.com/ On Facebook

Meet Gordon & Alex two young men trying to figure out how to deal with modernity, uncertainty, religious ideas while trying to find their path. We tried to keep it light and fun but we start with Atheism so that went out the window. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Gordan Fang twitter: https://twitter.com/Vasilis48814362 Special Guests:: Aleksandr Nekrasov twitter: https://twitter.com/alexandersquats Edited :: XMV Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/ ****NEW **** Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ON AMAZON NOW https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-...

Meet Firas Cheaib Lebanese software developer with a keen interest in politics. Join us as we discuss the perils of UN and the problems associated with centralization where accountability is an afterthought. Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guest:: Firas Cheaib twitter: https://twitter.com/Firsou Edited :: XMV Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/ ****NEW **** Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ON AMAZON NOW https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-...

Meet Luca Dellana, he's interested in complex interactions. He specifically likes to observe the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order effects and attempts to pattern match using the 3rd order effect to inform his feedback loops. We will be discussing how knowing what order effects are will help you make better decisions Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guest:: Luca Dellana https://twitter.com/DellAnnaLuca Edited :: XMV Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/ ****NEW **** Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ON AMAZON NOW https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-...

In which we talk about how risk is the dark face of randomness and how courageous, conscious living is the answer. Go to audibletrial.com/goodandbasic for a free audiobook and a 30 day Audible trial! Amazon affiliate links to books mentioned in the show: Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb: https://amzn.to/2MiKn6A Incerto (Black Swan, Antifragile, Fooled by Randomness, Bed of Procrustes) by Nassim Taleb: https://amzn.to/2YpWql0 Podcast: anchor.fm/goodandbasic Twitter: @goodandbasic Instagram: @good_and_basic Music credit: Spanish Summer from audionautix.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodandbasic/support

In this week’s episode, we cover the case of Robert Berdella, who claims the movie The Collector inspired him to torture and murder his victims. Then we move into Greek mythology for the tale of another torturer and murder, Procrustes. 0:21 – Quote – Carl Jung 0:46 - Cold Open – Collections 1:37 - Murder – Robert Berdella    21:22 - Myth – Procrustes the Stretcher 29:08 – Promo – Hoax Podcast (https://unresolved.me/hoax) 30:32 - Reaction Segment – We discuss phone neighbors, what people collect, Robert Berdella, Zac Bagans' Haunted Museum, awful eye torture, the affect on these crimes on other people, how well the murder & myth matched up this time, Grecian sleep number ads and comfy beds, why Kristin picked Thor’s Journey to Geirrod’s as the story for a Tale of Two Thor’s and our honorary swag bag winner, and of course, birds. Music Credits: Murder & Myths theme music created by Castro Vania Intro and background music: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Oppressive Gloom” "Drone in D” and “Lost Time" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) (Edited by Kristin) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) More episode errata available at murderandmyths.com (https://www.murderandmyths.com/)

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Le estrazioni riducono la divergenza? | OPT: tutte le informazioni sui canini inclusi.Nona puntata del podcast per ORTODONTISTI, dentisti, odontotecnici e curiosi :-)L'aggiornamento scientifico subito applicabile che non ti costringe a ritagliare altro tempo.Le frontiere della ricerca nel palmo della tua mano, per migliorare il tuo profilo professionale ed avere successo nella professione.Primo articolo:Beit P, Konstantonis D, Papagiannis A, Eliades T. Vertical skeletal changes after extraction and non-extraction treatment in matched class I patients identified by a discriminant analysis: cephalometric appraisal and Procrustes superimposition. Progress in Orthodontics. 2017;18:44. doi:10.1186/s40510-017-0198-5.LINKhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40510-017-0198-5Secondo articolo:Ngo CTT, Fishman LS, Rossouw PE, Wang H, Said O.Correlation between panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography in assessing maxillary impacted canines.Angle Orthod. 2018 Jul;88(4):384-389LINK:http://www.angle.org/doi/10.2319/103117-739.1***********SITO WEB:https://ortodonziapodcast.comcanale YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/ortodonziatorinoCONTATTI:Dr. Tito Mattia BordinoC.so Re Umberto, 7710128 Torinotito.bordino@ortodonziapodcast.comINSTAGRAM:https://instagram.com/ortodonziapodcastFACEBOOK:https://facebook.com/ortodonziapodcast

Le estrazioni riducono la divergenza? | OPT: tutte le informazioni sui canini inclusi.Nona puntata del podcast per ORTODONTISTI, dentisti, odontotecnici e curiosi :-)L'aggiornamento scientifico subito applicabile che non ti costringe a ritagliare altro tempo.Le frontiere della ricerca nel palmo della tua mano, per migliorare il tuo profilo professionale ed avere successo nella professione.Primo articolo:Beit P, Konstantonis D, Papagiannis A, Eliades T. Vertical skeletal changes after extraction and non-extraction treatment in matched class I patients identified by a discriminant analysis: cephalometric appraisal and Procrustes superimposition. Progress in Orthodontics. 2017;18:44. doi:10.1186/s40510-017-0198-5.LINKhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40510-017-0198-5Secondo articolo:Ngo CTT, Fishman LS, Rossouw PE, Wang H, Said O.Correlation between panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography in assessing maxillary impacted canines.Angle Orthod. 2018 Jul;88(4):384-389LINK:http://www.angle.org/doi/10.2319/103117-739.1***********SITO WEB:https://ortodonziapodcast.comcanale YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/ortodonziatorinoCONTATTI:Dr. Tito Mattia BordinoC.so Re Umberto, 7710128 Torinotito.bordino@ortodonziapodcast.comINSTAGRAM:https://instagram.com/ortodonziapodcastFACEBOOK:https://facebook.com/ortodonziapodcast

Our second recap! In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and Nat revisit the previous books and topics discussed on the podcast. We delve into the most useful lessons that we’ve learned so far. It's perfect for newer listeners to catch up with the older episodes. Listen to this episode irrigated with Malbec. We cover a wide range of topics, including: The first 20 episodes summarized in one sentence. Reviewing books, speeches, articles, and even a music album. An article that changed our view on guns. Two books with an opposite view on Capitalism. Harari’s three part saga. Which book episodes were the most listened. And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to check out all of our episodes here. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our first Recap episode. Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more. Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show Sesame Street [7:08] Blinkist [21:44] MentorBox [22:14] GE – General Electric [23:50] Aquatic Apes Hypothesis [25:03] Joe Rogan on Gender Warfare with Milo Yiannopoulos [38:20] Jordan Peterson on Joe Rogan’s Experience [38:32] Jordan Peterson on Jocko Podcast [38:59] Breaking Bad [44:58] A vegan diet in children may lead to spinal cord degeneration [46:51] Psychological Priming [47:20] Marshmallow Test [48:15] Lindy Effect [49:37] Vox [49:52] Fox News [1:07:01] Tesla [1:09:41] Prius [1:09:41] Starbucks [1:21:56] Distracted Boyfriend meme – Socialists vs. reality [1:36:26] Freakonomics [1:38:58] Genius [1:41:39] Stitcher [1:47:56] Books mentioned Antifragile by Nassim Taleb [2:46] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Letters from a Stoic by Seneca [3:30] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Mastery by Robert Greene [4:00] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell [4:18] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson [4:42] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) In Praise of Idleness [5:44] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman [7:02] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse [7:22] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Way of Zen by Alan Watts [8:23] (Nat’s notes) (Neil’s notes) (book episode) Emergency [9:06] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter [10:09] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) The Goal [12:52] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Principles [13:50] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey [14:39] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) The Psychology of Human Misjudgments by Charlie Munger [15:03] Work Clean [15:35] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) The Denial of Death [16:55] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Influence by Robert Cialdini [17:18] (book episode) Revolt of the Masses by Ortega y Gasset [19:01] The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck [22:41] Lean Startup [23:10] Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennet [24:24] (book episode) What Every Body is Saying by Joe Navarro [28:50] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Hiroshima Diary by Michihiko Hachiya [32:59] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) 12 Rules for Life by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson [35:59] (Nat’s notes) (Neil’s notes) (book episode) Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway [42:18] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Leverage Points by Donella Meadows [49:55] (article episode) Daily Rituals by Mason Currey [54:15] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb [59:40] (Nat’s notes) (Neil’s notes) (book episode) The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb [1:01:03] The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Taleb [1:03:14] Blink by Malcolm Gladwell [1:01:48] The Riddle of the Gun by Sam Harris [1:06:11] (article episode) Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault [1:12:20] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari [1:16:42] (Nat’s notes) (book episode part 1 & part 2) Homo Deus by Yuval Harari [1:16:42] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Solitude and Leadership by William Deresiewicz [1:22:44] (speech episode) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand [1:25:22] The Book of Five Rings by  Miyamoto Musashi [1:29:58] (Nat’s notes) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair [1:32:55] (Nat’s notes) The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson [1:37:58] The College Dropout [1:41:15] (album episode) People mentioned Jordan B. Peterson [0:51] (on Twitter) (12 Rules episode) Jeff Bezos [5:40] Adil Majid [6:05] (Crypto episode) Elon Musk [12:08] (on this podcast) Flatgeologists – Flat Earth Society [12:35] Joseph Campbell [14:09] Nassim Nicholas Taleb [19:49] (Antifragile episode) (Skin in the Game episode) Tim Cook [19:50] Eric Ries [24:19] Albert Einstein [41:42 Taylor Pearson [51:21] (Crypto episode) Ayn Rand [56:07] (Atlas Shrugged episode) Eric Weinstein [1:13:31] Friedrich Nietzsche [1:14:20] Malcolm Gladwell [1:21:11] Winston Churchill [1:35:36] Show Topics 1:25 – This episode is entirely sponsored by YOU via Patreon! Follows this link to directly support us. Check out the lovely bonuses you receive by supporting the show. 2:46 – Antifragile. Barbells strategy. Learning how to take advantage of chaos in the world. 3:30 – Letters from a Stoic. Acquire a new mental model for handling stress and challenges in your life. 4:00 – Mastery. 4:18 – The Power of Myth. Why we should take religions more seriously. 4:42 – Sovereign Individual. Rethink the permanence of the nation-states and what your future might look like in a society dominated by technology. 5:44 – In Praise of Idleness. Stop working so hard and reasons you should consider working less hard. 6:05 – Crypto episode. Principles of the tech behind Bitcoin and why you should care. 07:02 – Amusing Ourselves to Death. Don't watch the news, but listen to MYT. 7:22 – Finite and Infinite Games. Look at yourself as part of parallel finite and infinite games played in the world, and recognize artificial constraints to play infinitely. 8:23 – Way of Zen. All what you know about Buddhism and meditation is wrong. 9:06 – Emergency. Steps you should take to protect yourself when the society breaks down. 10:09 – GEB. Strange loops. Patterns that hint at the meaning of intelligence and why it may create issues while trying to understand our intelligence or building AIs. 12:08 – Think Like Elon Musk. Thinking independently vs copying the routines of others. Reasoning for firsts principles. 12:52 – The Goal. Theory of constraints, bottlenecks in businesses. 13:50 – Principles. Lots of business tactics. 14:39 – The Inner Game of Tennis. Learning how to get out of your own way to perform better. 15:03 – Psychology of Human Misjudgments. Guide for better decision making and catalog of human misjudgements. 15:35 – Work Clean. Keep your desk organized to get less distracted. 16:55 – Denial of Death. Our lives are driven by our fear of our mortality. 17:18 – Influence. Classic marketing tactics to make people trust you. 18:06 – Recap #1. 19:01 – Revolt of the Masses. Interesting ideas of the stratification of society. Against rent seekers and bureaucrat layers. Reading summaries will not convert you in Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. 24:24 – Darwin’s Dangerous Idea. There's really no meaning to life if Darwin's evolutionary theories are correct. Aquatic Apes theory! Evolution makes life inherently meaningless. Superstition in animals. Should we eat humans? 28:50 – What Every Body is Saying. Textbook to decipher body language. Communicating with body language, and dating. 32:59 – Hiroshima Diary. Private diary of a doctor from Hiroshima injured in a blast. How much humans are capable of enduring without breaking. Perspective on hardship. 35:59 – 12 Rules for Life. Peterson is a quite controversial character. Gender ideas, misinterpretation, toxic masculinity. 42:18 – Merchants of Doubt. Scientists that get paid to create fake science to support destructive practices of some companies. The problem of Media communicating science. 49:55 – Leverage Points. 12 points you can intervene in a complex system to create some change, and the relative power of each of them. Which President is sitting in the Oval Office is less important than the rules, the government and context inside and outside the country. 52:26 – Support the show on Patreon and help us buy a Tangents Button. 54:15 – Daily Rituals. People doing a lot of drugs. Historically geniuses were drug nubs, drunks, and not sleeping. It's hard to evaluate instant productivity. 59:40 – Skin in the Game. Appendix to Antifragile. Comparing this book with others by Nassim Taleb. Good way to structure your own compensation. Curious notes on Taleb's personality. 1:06:11 – The Riddle of the Gun. A concise, clear, apolitical, view-changer article in favor of gun ownership. Nuances of a black-or-white issue. Micro and macro level incentives. The naive reaction of liberal people. 1:12:00 – Subscribe to the show's Patreon, and discover the secret Nat's misadventures on Facebook. 1:12:20 – Discipline and Punish. Not a BDSM-sex book. It requires discipline to go through the book, and, after it, you'll feel punished. Better to listen to our episode :). A book about post-modernism. Listen to our analogy on Nietzschism and Nazism. 1:16:42 – Harari's 3 parts saga. Sapiens part 1, part 2, and Homo Deus. Mythology and shared stories as big driving forces for human development and organization of large sets of humans. Examples: Money, Cities, Companies. 1:21:21 – Listeners Questions #1. Flow, happiness, power, future of work, personal backgrounds. Subscribe on Patreon to ask questions for the next Listeners' episode. 1:22:44 – Solitude and Leadership. Our first speech. Spend time on your own having the freedom from interruptions, to become a better thinker, doer and leader. Otherwise, amuse yourself to death or be an excellence sheep. There are so many differences between our reality and our biology that we have to construct our reality to be more in line with our biology. Think about your solitude the same way as your diet. 1:25:22 – Atlas Shrugged. The Behemoth. Compelling case for physical Conservatism. A book that will make you respect entrepreneurship. 1:29:58 – The Book of 5 Rings. Applying strategy, military tactics, and sword fighting, to life. 1:32:55 – The Jungle. A "funny" counterpart to Atlas Shrugged. Differences between Anarchism and Libertarianism. "Capitalism is the worst economic system except of all the others". 1:37:46 – The Elephant in the Brain. Secret motivations for doing things that we don't like to talk about because they are ugly and focusing on the pretty side of our actions. Evolutionary reasons to hide those motives even to ourselves. A case for not being so introspective. 1:41:15 – The College Dropout. Our first music album! Growing up poor and making it big. 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Life isn't about getting predictions "right"; it is about knowing how to navigate the environment and controlling it.How?    False causality       Consider the following surprising headline:” The employee motivation leads to higher corporate profits.” What about maybe people are only motivated because the company is doing well or what about highly motivated workers working in business doing poorly?      Another one. What about female advertising cosmetic and thus many female consumers believe firmly that these products make you beautiful. Well what about those who do not use cosmetic and crown beauty queens? All what I am saying is – it is not these products that make you beautiful. Quite, simple models are born attractive and only for this reason – they are candidate fo         r cosmetic advertising. Hence beauty is a factor for selection and not result. This is a second example of false causality.   By the way without this illusion, half of advertising campaigns would not work     Among many traits that multimillionaires have in common such great appetite to risk, they work hard. Well take look at the cemetery of bankruptcy – you will realise that the bankrupt people share certain extend the same attributes-namely they have great appetite to risk and they work hard. This in nutshell another example of false causality.   Finally, when I ask people about the secret of their happiness, I often hear this surprising answer. “You have to see the glass half full rather half empty”. See the glass half full I ask myself Ask my viewers to watch the cemetery episode, the confirmation bias    The kernel point of my thoughts is we have to be careful on things we can make inference and things on which we can’t. We tend to make the mistake of overestimating our ability to find cause and effect -which has the direct consequence that cognitively we like to have causes which give us the illusion of understanding the world. By way the today, we simultaneously inhabit two – systems- namely the predictable which is linear and the unpredictable which is nonlinear if you want complex. The problem lies in the fact of conflate one environment for another. If you haven’t listen the episode about, If someone tries to trick you with "Evidence-based analysis", show him this story of the turkey Are You Victim of the Bed of Procrustes as Your Bedrock, Via Negativa, f someone tries to trick you with "Evidence-based analysis", show him this story of the turkey   Here are the 3 big ideas from to retain from this episode.  --First and foremost, always do counterfactual which allows you not to fall victim of the confirmation bias and even debunk it --Second always simulate, not to see what will happen- but what may happen --Finally switch from predictive methods to non-predictive methods, stop trying to understand the world and focus on robustness by avoiding fragility    

Who was Procrustes, well in Greek mythology, he was a nasty and cruel fellow, owner of a small estate in Corydalus in Atica on the way between Athens and Eleusis, where his  puzzle secret rites were carry out.      Procrustes has a strange and unusual way of kindness and sociability. He abducted travellers and give them a generous dinner, then invite them to spend a night in a rather special bed. By the way he had a 100% fitting bed – to put it simply he wanted the bed to fit the traveller to perfection. So those who were tall had their legs chopped off with a sharp hatchet; and those who were too were stretched.” By the way his name was said to be Damastes,or polyphemon,but his nickname happened to be Procrustes, which means “The Stretcher”.      Well according to the saying Diamond cuts diamond, in the sense of justice, Procrustes was executed by his own petard. One of the traveller happened to be the brave and fearless Theseus. After the usual Dinner, Theseus made Procrustes lie in his own bed and decapitated him. Theseus followed Hercules’s way of paying back in kind. In a more frightening interpretation (according to the Appollodorus’s Bibliotheca) Procrustes owned two beds .One small, one large .He made short victims lie in large bed and tall victims in short one.  Yes every episode of the duty life is about Procrustes bed sort of – since the world today doesn’t resemble the past and has become more complex, hence more unpredictable. We human tend favour the visible, the tangible, the well narrated and we scorn the abstract. So we human are facing limits of knowledge, the unseen, the unknown. Furthermore we seem unaware of backward fitting just like a tailor who takes great pride in delivering the perfectly fitting suit – but do so by surgically altering the body of his customers   Well what is the big take away idea of the metaphor of the Procrustean bed? It is not putting something in the wrong box – but mostly that inverse operation of changing the wrong variable, here the person rather than the bed- just as mistaken a mistake a bear for a stone rather than a stone for a bear well you end up in his stomac. By the way every failure of what we call wisdom can be reduced to the procrustean bed of situation.   Above all the most successful people out there are the ones who accepts the presence of randomness rather always cause and effect and most importantly know how to work around inherent unpredictability and even exploit it.

Have you ever ask yourself why are so few serial entrepreneurs – business people who start successful companies one after the other? Obviously we have Mark Cuban, Sir Richard Branson, the late Steve Jobs. But they account for a tiny fraction of serial entrepreneurs. Yes serial entrepreneur account for a tiny fraction of one percent who starts a successful company.    Well the sound question that comes to mind is, do they go o retirement after their first Blockbuster success- just as Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft? Not necessarily. Real and true Business people possess too much to get up and go than lying hours on the beach. Is it because they cannot let go and want to coddle and pamper their companies until they leave at their moment of choice for retirement? Surely not .Most founders sell their shares within ten years .By the way these self-starter who are blessed with talent, skills, good personal network and a solid reputation would be equipped to found many businesses .But why do they stop?    Well they didn’t stop – they failed at succeeding. Only one and unique answer explain their survivability. Luck and Luck plays a bigger role than skills does. No businessperson likes to hear or even listen to this. I myself is one of them. When I first heard about the illusion of skill, my natural reaction “my success was a coincidence”. Yes at first glance it sounds offensive especially when you worked hard to get there.    We’ll let take a look at business success, how much of it comes down to luck and how much is the fruit of hard work and distinct skills. This probe question is usually and easily confusing and misunderstood by the general public. Of course depending of area here Mediocirstan little is archived without skills and talent and from the same token; nothing is bring to fruition without hard due diligent work. But this is not the case when dealing with extremistan. The most important problem out there with experts is The Procrustean bed (by the way the next Episode The bed of Procrustes).         Why because we human simultaneously inhabit two worlds – namely the mediocristan and the extremistan- just as the turkey is feed for thousand by the butcher and the turkey believe that the butcher love it with increasing statistical confident until two days before thanks giving, the turkey is surprised and become a dead meat.my whole idea here is not to be turkey but be the butcher. The Turkey is someone facing unpredictability than it thinks and in the meantime it mistake absence of evidence for evidence of absence. Example: A subscription company or a paid memberships company, a person on salary. A person who is mildly ill who takes continuously medication (Drug).     Unfortunately, neither skills nor struggles, toil, and hardship are the key criteria of success. They are necessary but not sufficient.Kapish there is a simple and easy test to detect and discover if his/her success is highly link to skills and hard work. It is if the person enjoy the success for long time compare to the less qualify. But this is not the case of a lot of company founders – unless many would after the first successful company, they will launch a second, a third a fourth start-up. Meanwhile this is not the case.         Now let us jump on CEO of large company .Do they play a large role in the success of their company? Well researchers determined a set of attributes that characterize a strong CEO such as management procedure, strategic brilliance in the past and many others. The researchers measure the relationship between these behavioural traits and the company increase of value during the reign of the given Leader. So here is the result- if you randomly compare two companies, 60% of stronger CEO lead the stronger company and 40 % of weaker CEO lead the stronger company. This is only 10% more than no relationship. Here is what the Nobel prize winner in economic Daniel Kahneman said to the issue “it is hard to imagine that people enthusiastically buy books by business leaders who are, on average slightly better than the norm”. Seemingly warren Buffett thinks nothing of CEO glorification and idealization. Here is what he said “(…….)  a good managerial record (…..)  is far more a function of what business boat you get into than it is of how effectively you row”, hence skills and hard are necessary but not sufficient.           In the meantime in certain areas (Extremistan) skills play no role at all.in his book thinking fast and slow Daniel Kahneman describes his visit to an asset management company. To brief him they send him the spread showing the performance of each investment adviser over the past 8 years. From this a ranking was assign to each: number 1, 2, 3 and so on in descending order. Professor Kahneman quickly calculated the relationship between the years rankings. Between year 1 year and year 2, between year 1 and year 3, year 1 and year 4, year 1 and year 5 up until year 7 and year 8.The result was staggering and pure coincidence or if you want pure luck-namely sometimes the advisor was at the top and sometimes at the bottom .So if an advisor had a good year, this was neither bolstered by previous years nor carried the subsequent

In Greek mythology, Procrustes was a robber who forced travelers to lie down in a bed and then made them fit by stretching or shortening their limbs.  (Procrustes  eventually suffered the same fate at the hands of Theseus).  In Thomas Kuhn’s seminal work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the author writes that scientific revolutions become necessary when the facts … Read more about this episode...

This quick safety moment is a small introduction to Nassim Taleb's book, "Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder."  I won't review the book, or even try to discuss the book, but I will introduce a word to talk about failure in a different way.  Our systems should get stronger when these systems fail.  That is an important idea, one that demands discussion and thought.Here is a reference on the book:  Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and The Bed of Procrustes.Thanks for being a part of our podcast.  Without you this would be mighty lonely.

In this paper, individual differences scaling (INDSCAL) is revisited, considering INDSCAL as being embedded within a hierarchy of individual difference scaling models. We explore the members of this family, distinguishing (i) models, (ii) the role of identification and substantive constraints, (iii) criteria for fitting models and (iv) algorithms to optimise the criteria. Model formulations may be based either on data that are in the form of proximities or on configurational matrices. In its configurational version, individual difference scaling may be formulated as a form of generalized Procrustes analysis. Algorithms are introduced for fitting the new models. An application from sensory evaluation illustrates the performance of the methods and their solutions.

Is there a difference between a fruit salad and a fruit cup? I mean, the first question is whether a fruit cup contains a fruit salad, or if the contents are some other substance; then one can query whether the cup and its contents are a gestalt whole. Let us not forget the prospect of a fruit cup of Theseus, whereby each fruit piece is removed and replaced with an equivalent fruit (I would ask what an equivalent fruit is, but that's getting sidetracked)--is it the same fruit cup? Heraclitus would say you can't take a bite of the same fruit salad twice. There's the somewhat absurd possibility of a fruit cup of Damocles--presumably the fruits therein would have been prepared by Procrustes. What I'm getting at is melon is gross.Games Played Last Week:00:53 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018)01:04 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021)04:17 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)08:19 -Decrypto (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2018)12:08 -Horseless Carriage (Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wirsinga, Splotter Spellen, 2023)25:57 -Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)28:34 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)31:47 -Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020)33:48 -Wizards of the Grimoire (Cole Banning and Joe Banning, Grimoire Games, 2022)36:53 -Ra (Reiner Knizia, 25th Century Games, 2023)42:53 -Tiny Turbo Cars (Hjalmar Hach, Alessandro Manuini, Jonathan Panada, Laura Severino, and Giulia Tamagni, Horrible Guild, 2022)47:46 -Blazon (David Conklin, 25th Century Games, 2023)News (and why it doesn't matter):51:45 Ad-free episodes at www.patreon.com/svwag52:00 Paolo Mori shopping a reprint of Dogs of War52:48 Support your favourite creators at the BGG Golden Geek Awards!53:55 Movie rights of Trickerion, Anachrony, and Terraforming Mars sold55:22 Regicide 2nd edition: now with bards!56:12 Heavy Gear RPG 4th Edition on KickStarter58:21 Feature Game: Revive (Helge Meissner, Eilif Svensson, Anna Wermlund, and Kristian Amundsen Østby)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy