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		wglb on May 19, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Skin in the Game – chapter drafts by Nassim Taleb Ok, so what your call be about Benoit pointing out how smart he is making me feel non-brilliant?

scott_s on May 19, 2016 [–]

I am honestly not sure what you are saying. I never brought up Mandelbrot, only Taleb. (Although this is a curious example, since Taleb brings up Mandelbrot a lot.)

wglb on May 19, 2016 | [–]

My clumsy attempt was to draw a parallel between to authors who do a comparable amount of self congratulation.

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