Skin in the Game - BookWyrm.de

Taschenbuch, 304 Seiten

Sprache: English

Veröffentlicht von Random House Trade Paperbacks.

ISBN:: 978-0-425-28464-3

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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 inimitable style, Taleb pulls on everything from Antaeus the Giant to Hammurabi to Donald Trump to Seneca to the ethics of disagreement to create a jaw-dropping tapestry for understanding our world in a brand new way.

The phrase "skin in the game" means that you do not pay attention to what people say, only to what they do, and to how much of their necks they are putting on the line. This willingness to accept one's own risks is an essential attribute of people in all walks of life. Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about those who control our …

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 inimitable style, Taleb pulls on everything from Antaeus the Giant to Hammurabi to Donald Trump to Seneca to the ethics of disagreement to create a jaw-dropping tapestry for understanding our world in a brand new way.

The phrase "skin in the game" means that you do not pay attention to what people say, only to what they do, and to how much of their necks they are putting on the line. This willingness to accept one's own risks is an essential attribute of people in all walks of life. Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about those who control our military, finances, religions, and so much more-- and shows how "skin in the game" applies to all aspects of our lives.

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I have had to stop reading this book after around 35%. The whole presumption of the book - people tend to make the best decisions when they are directly effected by then - sounds interesting.

However, the author goes on, raging about the "inerventionistas", trying to cause a they-against-us argument, without explaining the why and how.

The whole book seems to be written for people who already agree with the authors view. Therefore, for someone who likes to have their views challenged, it is definitely not worth reading.

Add to that the fact that the whole book seems to be a random assortment of texts that have never been meant to add up to a full book and you end up with something completely unreadable.