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Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2001
Mentioned 24 times across 7 podcasts · 2018–2024
Mention timeline14 mentions
20182024
Where it's mentioned The Tim Ferriss Show · 14×
2024
#759: Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 2024
“Fooled by randomness”
#737: Naval Ravikant and Nick Kokonas
The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2024
“Nessum Talab is a bit of a pedantic Goofball on Twitter. His book Fooled by Randomness is awesome”
2023
#691: Nassim N. Taleb & Scott Patterson — How Traders Make Billions in The New Age of Crisis, Defending Against Silent Risks, Personal Independence, Skepticism Where It (Really) Counts, The Bishop and The Economist, and Much More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2023
“the Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Anti-Fragile, the Bed of Crusties, and Skin in the Game”
2022
#613: Russ Roberts on Lessons from F.A. Hayek and Nassim Taleb, Decision-Making Insights from Charles Darwin, The Dangers of Scientism, Wild Problems in Life and the Decisions That Define Us, Learnings from the Talmud, The Role of Prayer, and The Journey to Transcendence
The Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 2022
“His first book was called Fooled by Randomness. Great book”
2021
#557: Q&A with Tim — Tools for Better Sleep, Musings on Parenting, the Different Roles of Fear, the Delight of Deepening Friendships, the Purpose of College, How to Boost Your Mood, HRV Training, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 2021
“The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and some of his other writing”
#498: Josh Waitzkin and Tim Ferriss on The Cave Process, Advice from Future Selves, and Training for an Uncertain Future
The Tim Ferriss Show · Feb 2021
“Taleb and Black Swan, fooled by randomness, read those books”
2020
#446: Blake Mycoskie — TOMS, The Hoffman Process, Conscious Uncoupling, and Psychedelics
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 2020
“So I've got in front of me one example with highlights from Fooled by Randomness, Sapiens. Priceless in a bunch of other books”
#443: David Yarrow on Art, Markets, Business, and Combining It All
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2020
“that's why the book Uh. That seemed to leads book full by randomness. Plays a big role in my thought processes”
#429: Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing
The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2020
“not the black swan as much”
#427: Michael Lewis — Inside the Mind of the Iconic Writer
The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2020
“So I've got in front of me one example with highlights from Fooled My Randomness, Sapiens”
#420: Books I've Loved — Matt Mullenweg
The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2020
“one of his early works, Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan”
#419: Ryan Holiday — How to Use Stoicism to Choose Alive Time Over Dead Time
The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2020
“the black swan or fooled by randomness specifically I think help to explain what we are contending with”
2018
#341: Nick Kokonas — How to Apply World-Class Creativity to Business, Art, and Life
The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2018
“Books like Fooled by Randomness, The Problems of Philosophy Uh let's see, peregrinations of an Epicurean”
#338: Howard Marks — How to Invest with Clear Thinking
The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2018
“I think it's a Really important book”