The Dictatorship of the Minority

[Telecaster]

A brief excerpt from an upcoming book by Nassim Taleb (The Black Swan, etc.) to be titled Skin In The Game. Cuts off just as it starts to get really good, but you should be able to see where he's going. Not sure how long this'll be up… Anyway, more food for thought. 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50282823/minority.pdf

-Dave-

[TwistedShadow]

Where a nation (talking about the U.S.) thats Mob ruled. There is more have nots than there are the haves and anyone willing to give a hand out is guaranteed a vote.

[amolitor]

That has nothing whatever to do with what Taleb is talking about.

[Rob C]

Interesting read; obvious enough reasoning, even if not of a type one generally, consciously, puts into daily practice!

However, I hope they re-edit the text a little bit.

Rob C

[Telecaster]

However, I hope they re-edit the text a little bit.

It's still in kinda rough form grammatically. Keep in mind English isn't Taleb's first (or even second) language. Anyway I believe the book is still a work in progress…

-Dave-

[Telecaster]

Nassim Taleb has updated the chapter linked to above from his upcoming book. It's now titled The Most Stubborn Wins: The Dominance of the Minority. Still in fairly rough form and thus likely to change a lot before the book comes out.

-Dave-