Nassim Taleb on journalism

March 05, 2014

Just caught a few of Nassim Taleb's posts on Twitter around journalism. I love the man for his no bullshit approach. The third is my favorite. May I suggest you add his handle @nntaleb to your follow list?

"Journalism requires a heroic appetite for the inconsequential (Listening to Ukraine in an airport lounge)"

"I am not interested in writing books for people to read; I only interested in books people reread"

"The 4Bs: Brains, Balls, Brawn, and Business sense. You can have 4/4 (Thales), 3/4 (Plato), 2/4 (gr thinkers), 1/4 (economists) or 0/4 (journalists) "

about me

I am a co-founder at Founding Fuel, a media and learning platform and co-author of The Aadhaar Effect: Why The World’s Largest Identity Project Matters.

The Polestar Award and Madhu Valluri Awards back my work up.

I am a columnist at Hindustan Times as well. My bylines have appeared at places such as Shaastra from IIT Madras and peer-reviewed journals like ACM that computing professionals look up to.

In earlier assignments, I worked as Managing Editor to set up the India edition of Forbes and as National Business Editor at Times of India.

Then there are my ‘teach- writing’ gigs which is much fun. Doing that with undergrads at St Xaviers College, Mumbai that is one bucket which offers much joy. And then there’s coaching thought leaders in the C-Suite that’s another bucket and is an altogether different ball game. It’s both challenging and sobering.

If you’ve wrapped your head around the idea that writing is a lifeskill, connect with me.