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Nassim Taleb on journalism

Nassim Taleb

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) "