[simonebrunozzi]

Taleb. Love him, hate him. Always a lot of controversy.

I like him quite a lot somehow, and there's clearly a good amount of genius in him, although sometimes there are certain positions and affirmations that feel less so (to me at least).

For example, his critique of the growing inequality in the world [0] [1] amounts to pointing at dynamic inequality, not static one. This one never convinced me so far.

To be clear: I fully understand his point; I simply disagree, especially while living in San Francisco and witnessing homeless people every day, walking next to VC multimillionaires.

Anyone able to convince me?

[0]: https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/892351059615789057?lang=e...

[1]: https://medium.com/incerto/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d...

[petermcneeley]

Piketty argues for a wealth tax. Taking skin in the game seriously we see that for Taleb, a %1 er and his circle, such a tax would threaten a great deal of skin indeed. Such essays by Taleb are just an auto defense mechanism driven by self interest.

[clairity]

how do you fully understand his point?

i find taleb to be frustratingly incomplete. he likes to play with words but doesn’t string enough material ones together to complete an idea.

yes, i can buy that dynamic and static inequality can be different (e.g., dynamic and static stability in mechanics is different) but he doesn’t really say what he means by that.

or maybe he’s so enamoured with words snd erudition that i get bored long before he finishes the explanation?