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Skin in the Game

Also known as Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

A work by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, first published in 2018

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Key facts

First published
20182
Edition korrents quotes
Random House, 20183
Claims on korrents
41

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Bureaucracy conveniently separates people from the consequences of their actions (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Courage is the only virtue that cannot be faked (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Decentralization reduces large structural asymmetries (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Avoid advice from people who advise for a living unless their advice carries a penalty (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

Sources

  1. Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Random House, 2018) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Skin in the Game, Q53024047 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Random House, 2018) (books.google.com) (opens books.google.com)

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