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Nassim Taleb

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Literary essayist and epistemologist

Nassim Taleb had a longstanding senior trading and financial mathematics career in a number of New York City's Wall Street firms, before starting a second career as a scholar. He had previously studied at the University of Paris, the Wharton School, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Taleb specialises in the epistemology of chance events and how to live in a world of randomness. He is the author of the bestseller The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007).

Other talks, lectures and conversations featuring Nassim Taleb

Iran debate

"What to do about Iran?", featuring Daniel Levy, Fawaz Gerges, and Roxane Farmanfarmaian, RGS, 7th June

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Thomas Friedman

One of America's most influential columnists on the decline of America, at the Royal Institution, 13th June 2012

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Eagleman talk

American neuroscientist David Eagleman on the science of hatred and dehumanisation, RIBA, 24th May 2012

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