Thanks. There’s certainly a problem with Taleb’s lack of specificity. He says the world is heading for trouble because high status people don’t get negative reinforcement, but his advice is “have courage”.
He’s middling wrong with his theory that there should be more aggressive treatments used on sicker people. This is reasonable within some range, but it also leads to torturing the dying.
On the other hand, I believe he’s right that higher populations lead to less predictable behavior.
Thanks. There’s certainly a problem with Taleb’s lack of specificity. He says the world is heading for trouble because high status people don’t get negative reinforcement, but his advice is “have courage”.
He’s middling wrong with his theory that there should be more aggressive treatments used on sicker people. This is reasonable within some range, but it also leads to torturing the dying.
On the other hand, I believe he’s right that higher populations lead to less predictable behavior.