Skin in the game : hidden asymmetries in daily life
by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, 1960- (Author)
Summary
The phrase "skin in the game" is one we have often heard but have rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it's also an astonishingly complex worldview that, as Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows in this book, applies to literally all aspects of our lives. In his inimitab... Full description
- Introduction
- A first look at agency
- That greatest asymmetry
- Wolves among dogs
- Being alive means taking certain risks
- Deeper into agency
- Religion, belief, and skin in the game
- Risk and rationality
- Epilogue: What Lindy told me.