"Tinkering" is Greater Than "Knowledge" - Nassim Taleb (Mind-blowing insights)

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  • Опубліковано 27 гру 2022
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    Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the best-selling author of Antifragile and Black Swan, discusses the properties of systems that can handle disorder.
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    Best-Selling Author of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Nicholas Taleb spent his entire life as a risk taker (options trader) before becoming a writer and researcher in philosophical, mathematical and practical problems with probability.
    I have read all of Taleb's books. He is a lightening rod due to. the fact that, recently, his blocks people on social media that disagree with him.
    Taleb is the author of a multivolume Incerto (The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game) covering broad facets of uncertainty. It has been published into 41 languages. In addition to his trader life, Taleb has also written, as a backup of the Incerto, more than 70 scholarly papers in mathematical statistics, quantitative finance, statistical physics, philosophy, ethics, economics, & international affairs, around the notion of risk and probability (grouped in the Technical Incerto).
    Taleb is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering (only a quarter time position) and scientific advisor for Universa Investments. His current focus is on the properties of systems that can handle disorder ("antifragile"). Taleb refuses all honors and anything that "turns knowledge into a spectator sport."

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  • @MartinLisowski
    @MartinLisowski Рік тому +20

    Taleb is right. As an experimental physicist who did real science I can confirm:
    1) science breakthroughs are often driven by new technology becoming available (think: ok, we got this new tech toy, what can we do with it? A bigger laser, lets shot it at stuff - and see what happens.). Once you find some new phenomenon by plaing with the tech, you start thinking about how to explain it - aka make a scientific theory. There are very few examples where a theory was developed first and then experiments confirm it later - those are the "big wins" for science - like Einsteins theory of relativity or the Higgs boson.
    2) It is very uncommon to plan and then discover some scientific insight. Most of the times you are looking for something but you stumble on something entirely different by chance. Real science doesn't work like a tech tree in computer games. Commercial development works like that (it HAS to) - throw insane resouces to improve metric X and eventually you will improve metric X. Scientists for the most part don't do such boring endeavours.
    So yea, Taleb is mostly right - unless you are Einstein or Peter Higgs.

    • @urbanbuddha65
      @urbanbuddha65 9 місяців тому +2

      Yes. Nice comment.
      Another Einstein example was his 1917 paper on the prediction of the stimulated emission of light and other radiation, which is the physics behind the production of coherent light in lasers. So he managed to achieve theoretical physics prediction of an unknown phenomenon more than once, which is really amazing.

    • @kashifali-ug1yk
      @kashifali-ug1yk Місяць тому

      Life and things around us are totally based on biased... so it's all illusion... let say if we assume educated ppl are better paid off individuals it seems true but it's totally biased indeed we are not focusing the hypothesis but finding a supportive fact..because educated ppl are really paid well... so either tech is the base of scientific theory or scientific theory is the base of tech it's totally useless argument because both of the events we are discussing are already existed.. if you really wanted to prove something the you need to create the other side of the event that must not occurred in human history earlier.. the rest is pointless

  • @Learna_Hydralis
    @Learna_Hydralis Рік тому +38

    Tinkering belong to the future, while knowledge belong to the past .. tinkering filled with new potentials while knowledge is repeating already made discoveries!

    • @financestrong
      @financestrong  Рік тому +3

      Good way to say it

    • @user-wf4nl2yy8x
      @user-wf4nl2yy8x 11 місяців тому

      ​@@financestrongcan you please share the source for full lecture

    • @aoeu256
      @aoeu256 10 місяців тому

      There are huge populations available for tinkering in the global south especially China & India, how do you get them to "Tinker" productively with their huge numbers.

    • @innovativeadvertising6463
      @innovativeadvertising6463 10 місяців тому

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  • @boyan.guitar
    @boyan.guitar Рік тому +7

    This brilliant man doesn’t need your terrible stock music in the background pounding away, take note!

  • @tbd407
    @tbd407 Рік тому +11

    This guy is a genius but he is not quite the communicator the world needs. One day a writer will distill his theories into some easier to grasp concepts and buzzwords and will change the world

    • @daveyvane9431
      @daveyvane9431 11 місяців тому +2

      Wow with your insight, it could be you!!!

    • @Aengrod
      @Aengrod 7 місяців тому

      I'm already here

  • @thekantedkalcedony
    @thekantedkalcedony 8 місяців тому +1

    The question at 12:50 really puts this video together.

  • @peterponcedeleon3368
    @peterponcedeleon3368 11 місяців тому

    Great stuff!!

  • @Bnelen
    @Bnelen Рік тому +5

    Fascinating. Had to watch it through for the second time to get all of the points he was trying to make. Will definitely be interesting to study further into his conception of the role of uncertainty in the practical world.

    • @innovativeadvertising6463
      @innovativeadvertising6463 10 місяців тому

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  • @prashantparmar8711
    @prashantparmar8711 Рік тому +2

    Excellent content 👌

  • @ivanbarbosa81
    @ivanbarbosa81 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant

  • @quaidcarlobulloch9300
    @quaidcarlobulloch9300 Рік тому +1

    Very pro dopaminergic exploration

  • @TaylorThoughts
    @TaylorThoughts Рік тому +1

    Great video

  • @didisugandi
    @didisugandi 7 місяців тому

    Dear Mr Taleb, what's you opinion about "thought tinkering' .. i.e., "thought experiment" (gedankenexperiment)?.. Thank you i am really enjoying your perspective here 🙂

  • @argarcia281
    @argarcia281 Рік тому +2

    @FinanceStrong please revisit the captions, they're really not very good

  • @TJ_USA
    @TJ_USA 10 місяців тому +1

    What possessed you to put that music track on this?

  • @whom4751
    @whom4751 Рік тому +2

    This reads as a dialogue between two people

    • @financestrong
      @financestrong  Рік тому

      Speech at Microsoft

    • @innovativeadvertising6463
      @innovativeadvertising6463 10 місяців тому

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  • @JapoKKiller
    @JapoKKiller Рік тому +2

    Why was noone laughing at this 9/11 joke , I almost died

  • @RobertoPersivale
    @RobertoPersivale 6 місяців тому

    In-line with entrepreneurs

  • @TheMacroSlacker
    @TheMacroSlacker 11 місяців тому +1

    I think you would be a lot better off knowing how to tinker in a way that can be replicated and also who already tinkered the tinkering you are about to attempt. For that you could use the scientific method. It's a great guide to tinkering efficiently.
    I see a bit of the hypomanic in Nassim here. Seems to have mellowed with age since. It's a bit like watching an obscure and esoteric con man here.

    • @innovativeadvertising6463
      @innovativeadvertising6463 10 місяців тому

      Hey there {{3}}! As a fellow tech enthusiast, I totally agree with you. Tinkering and experimenting with technology is a great way to expand your knowledge and skills. The scientific method definitely provides a structured approach. Speaking of optimization, have you heard of the HOTO Compressed Air Capsule? It's a handy tool for keeping your desktop and other spaces clean and dust-free. It offers powerful vacuuming and blowing capabilities, making it a must-have for any tech setup. Let me know if you'd like more information or recommendations on PC building and upgrades!

  • @lamariusgooch8910
    @lamariusgooch8910 Рік тому +1

    What book is he talking about here?

  • @Godforeplay666
    @Godforeplay666 8 місяців тому

    Real

  • @bhagyeshmungara2463
    @bhagyeshmungara2463 Рік тому +1

    What is tinkering?

    • @steflift5165
      @steflift5165 Рік тому

      Playing around with something, e.g. trying to adjust, take apart or fix something with a screwdriver

  • @daveyvane9431
    @daveyvane9431 11 місяців тому +1

    He talks like every Professor. Nothing concrete, just all these ideas.

  • @duartelucas5746
    @duartelucas5746 Рік тому +3

    The translation is very bad. You are better of without it and the music. The content is top notch.

    • @innovativeadvertising6463
      @innovativeadvertising6463 10 місяців тому

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  • @enkidu001
    @enkidu001 Рік тому

    for a person who writes he is pretty ...well...let's be delicate

    • @financestrong
      @financestrong  Рік тому

      Great writer yes

    • @ScottyE515
      @ScottyE515 Рік тому +1

      He said his writing prose is pretty, not that he thinks he personally is pretty lmao

  • @PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE
    @PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE Рік тому

    Like #31

  • @joelfaulk
    @joelfaulk Рік тому +3

    Wish he would remove the marbles in his mouth.

    • @financestrong
      @financestrong  Рік тому

      Lol come on man

    • @koshobai
      @koshobai Рік тому +3

      I'll take marbles any day if it means he tinkers as he talks. The man's a magician

    • @financestrong
      @financestrong  Рік тому

      @@koshobai Nice!

    • @swcpugilist
      @swcpugilist Рік тому +2

      Wish you would remove the can of worms from your brain and realize the man is a genius. Being eloquent doesn't mean you are smart and vice versa.

    • @algarve8287
      @algarve8287 Рік тому +1

      ​@@swcpugilist totally agree. But what i miss regarding Taleb, is that he avoid beeing concrete. What are the socio-cultural-economic concrete solutions he proposes. Maybe i am not concentrated enough to see Them, but i miss the solutions

  • @manjunathpai1896
    @manjunathpai1896 Рік тому +1

    Old, obvious, known, worn out ideas he is trying to sell as brand new.

    • @financestrong
      @financestrong  Рік тому +1

      One way to interpret it!

    • @williamwillis5729
      @williamwillis5729 Рік тому +7

      So old, that the entire financial system broke down in 2008 because they had forgotten them.

    • @LeoMessiEnjoyer
      @LeoMessiEnjoyer Рік тому

      Is he the guy who attacked Lex Friedman because of a reading list?

    • @financestrong
      @financestrong  Рік тому

      @@LeoMessiEnjoyer Yes

    • @thekantedkalcedony
      @thekantedkalcedony 8 місяців тому

      Have you read his Incerto series and think he’s trying to sell these ideas as brand new?

  • @michaelraina3836
    @michaelraina3836 5 місяців тому +1

    Can we upload someone talking without an inane, annoying soundtrack? Unwatchable.

  • @nomnom112
    @nomnom112 5 місяців тому

    Terrible subtitles

  • @eduardoPicazzo
    @eduardoPicazzo Рік тому +3

    I can never understand this guy 😂

  • @behroozcompani2348
    @behroozcompani2348 Рік тому

    A lot of nonsense spoken in an authoritative fashion.