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by s_kilk 3689 days ago
When I tried to read Antifragile his style seemed rambling and incoherent, darting back and forth between concepts and obtuse metaphors, like a tirade from the coked-up conspiracy nut at every party.

I may need to give it another shot.

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I don't know how to describe it, but his style is...vintage. More like when I read old books. I'm particularly suited for this writing style and I interpret it fine. People frequently make the same complaints about the way I speak in person when discussing things. This is in no way a claim that I am as smart as Taleb.
>like a tirade from the coked-up conspiracy nut at every party.

I take it you've seen his Twitter then?

He does jump around a lot in Black Swan, but that suits me