Skin in the Game

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Taleb argues that people who don't bear consequences of their decisions create fragility. Real knowledge requires personal risk - without skin in the game, incentives become dangerously misaligned.

Published:: 2018
Pages:: 304

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It draws on Antifragile and The Black Swan.

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Skin in the Game extends Taleb's Incerto series. Where Antifragile asked how systems gain from disorder, Skin in the Game argues that having personal risk in the game is essential for ethical decision-making.

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Antifragile

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Taleb builds on his Black Swan framework, arguing that those who make predictions about rare events should have personal consequences for being wrong.

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The Black Swan

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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