Latest Wiser than yesterday Podcast Episodes
12. Skin in the Game - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wiser Than Yesterday - June 07, 2020 06:00 - 36 minutesSkin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life, is a 2018 nonfiction book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former options trader with a background in the mathematics of probability and statistics. Taleb's thesis is that skin in the game -- i.e., having a measurable risk when taking a major decisio...
11. Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 20, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutesNassim Nicholas Taleb present a blueprint of how to live in a 'Black Swan' world. He begins the book: "Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of ...
11. Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 20, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutesNassim Nicholas Taleb present a blueprint of how to live in a 'Black Swan' world. He begins the book: "Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of ...
11. Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Antifragile
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 20, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutesNassim Nicholas Taleb present a blueprint of how to live in a 'Black Swan' world. He begins the book: "Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of ...
10. The Bed of Procrustes - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 14, 2020 06:00 - 36 minutesNassim Nicholas Taleb wrote some of his favourite maxims and ways to think in life into a book. This is a great hand book for nuggets of wisdom to ponder upon. Thus ponder we do on some of our favourites. Some examples include * What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment. * ...
10. The Bed of Procrustes - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 14, 2020 06:00 - 36 minutesNassim Nicholas Taleb wrote some of his favourite maxims and ways to think in life into a book. This is a great hand book for nuggets of wisdom to ponder upon. Thus ponder we do on some of our favourites. Some examples include * What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment. * ...
10. Nassim Nicholas Taleb - The bed of Procrustes
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 14, 2020 06:00 - 36 minutesNassim Nicholas Taleb wrote some of his favourite maxims and ways to think in life into a book. This is a great hand book for nuggets of wisdom to ponder upon. Thus ponder we do on some of our favourites. Some examples include * What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment. * ...
9. Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Fooled By Randomness
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 08, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutesFooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets is a book that deals with the fallibility of human knowledge. Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains how we delude ourselves into thinking untrue things due to our love of finding a story or reason when none exists. In the episode...
9. Nassim Nicholas Taleb - The Black Swan
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 07, 2020 08:00 - 40 minutesThe Black Swan focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events — and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively. It was published in 2007, by author and former options trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Coronavirus and Pandemics This bo...
8. Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Fooled By Randomness
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 03, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutesFooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets is a book that deals with the fallibility of human knowledge. Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains how we delude ourselves into thinking untrue things due to our love of finding a story or reason when none exists. In the episode...
8. Fooled By Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 03, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutesFooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets is a book that deals with the fallibility of human knowledge. Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains how we delude ourselves into thinking untrue things due to our love of finding a story or reason when none exists. In the episode...
8. Fooled By Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wiser Than Yesterday - May 03, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutesFooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets is a book that deals with the fallibility of human knowledge. Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains how we delude ourselves into thinking untrue things due to our love of finding a story or reason when none exists. In the episode...
7. David Nihil - Do You Talk Funny?: 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 28, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutesPublic speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. This book is a part story and part manual. It follows David's story to becom...
8. David Nihil - Do You Talk Funny?: 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 28, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutesPublic speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. This book is a part story and part manual. It follows David's story to becom...
6. James P. Carse - Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 21, 2020 07:30 - 29 minutesThis book is challenging. Some people hate. Many people love it. It has been described as, "Disturbingly good" for it's ability to shake the concepts of what you think about your approaches to life. It is regarded as a book you need to read, re-read and then read again. We blindly dive into it an...
7. James P. Carse - Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 21, 2020 07:30 - 29 minutesThis book is challenging. Some people hate. Many people love it. It has been described as, "Disturbingly good" for it's ability to shake the concepts of what you think about your approaches to life. It is regarded as a book you need to read, re-read and then read again. We blindly dive into it an...
7. Do You Talk Funny? - David Nihil
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 21, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutesPublic speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. This book is a part story and part manual. It follows David's story to becom...
7. Do You Talk Funny? - David Nihil
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 21, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutesPublic speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. This book is a part story and part manual. It follows David's story to becom...
6. Finite and Infinite Games - James P. Carse
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 19, 2020 07:30 - 29 minutesThis book is challenging. Some people hate. Many people love it. It has been described as, "Disturbingly good" for it's ability to shake the concepts of what you think about your approaches to life. It is regarded as a book you need to read, re-read and then read again. We blindly dive into it an...
6. Finite and Infinite Games - James P. Carse
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 19, 2020 07:30 - 29 minutesThis book is challenging. Some people hate. Many people love it. It has been described as, "Disturbingly good" for it's ability to shake the concepts of what you think about your approaches to life. It is regarded as a book you need to read, re-read and then read again. We blindly dive into it an...
5. Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 16, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutesThis book exposes the gender bias that is in the world around us and affects our daily lives. A brilliant look at the data that shows the facts we need to acknowledge and overcome. Caroline presents a very thourough study into the way the world has been built and how it has been unfair on women. ...
5. Caroline Criado Perez - Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 16, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutesThis book exposes the gender bias that is in the world around us and affects our daily lives. A brilliant look at the data that shows the facts we need to acknowledge and overcome. Caroline presents a very thourough study into the way the world has been built and how it has been unfair on women. ...
5. Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 16, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutesThis book exposes the gender bias that is in the world around us and affects our daily lives. A brilliant look at the data that shows the facts we need to acknowledge and overcome. Caroline presents a very thourough study into the way the world has been built and how it has been unfair on women. ...
6. Caroline Criado Perez - Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 16, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutesThis book exposes the gender bias that is in the world around us and affects our daily lives. A brilliant look at the data that shows the facts we need to acknowledge and overcome. Caroline presents a very thourough study into the way the world has been built and how it has been unfair on women. ...
4. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists - Niel Strauss
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 10, 2020 21:54 - 24 minutesThe Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (also known as The Game: Undercover in the Secret Society of Pickup Artists) is a non-fiction book written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss as a chronicle of his journey and encounters in the seduction community. The book was featur...
4. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists - Niel Strauss
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 10, 2020 21:54 - 24 minutesThe Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (also known as The Game: Undercover in the Secret Society of Pickup Artists) is a non-fiction book written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss as a chronicle of his journey and encounters in the seduction community. The book was featur...
4. Niel Strauss - The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 08, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutesThe Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (also known as The Game: Undercover in the Secret Society of Pickup Artists) is a non-fiction book written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss as a chronicle of his journey and encounters in the seduction community. The book was featur...
5. Niel Strauss - The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Wiser Than Yesterday - April 08, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutesThe Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (also known as The Game: Undercover in the Secret Society of Pickup Artists) is a non-fiction book written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss as a chronicle of his journey and encounters in the seduction community. The book was featur...
3. Why Buddhism is True - Robert Wright
Wiser Than Yesterday - March 31, 2020 13:00 - 38 minutes'Why Buddhism is True' looks at the science and philosophy of meditation and enlightenment. The author is a devout non-meditating anger prone evolutionary psychologist and writer. He dives headlong into the world of meditation with surprising results. He explains why it works from an evolutionary...
3. Robert Wright - Why Buddhism is True
Wiser Than Yesterday - March 31, 2020 13:00 - 38 minutes'Why Buddhism is True' looks at the science and philosophy of meditation and enlightenment. The author is a devout non-meditating anger prone evolutionary psychologist and writer. He dives headlong into the world of meditation with surprising results. He explains why it works from an evolutionary...
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