Fooled by Randomness

This book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb has been genuinely recommended 5 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Nick Kokonas, Russ Roberts, Tim Ferriss, guest. It comes up in conversations about anxiety & stress, consciousness, depression & mood, exercise & strength, motivation & discipline. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Aug 2020 and the most recent from May 2024. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

"[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church."--Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world. This book is about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences.

• “his book Fooled by Randomness is awesome ... Fooled by Randomness is I think the better of all of his books”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “his book Fooled by Randomness is awesome ... is I think the better of all of his books”
  Nick Kokonas · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 202401:09:46

  Said during "Naval Ravikant and Nick Kokonas, The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Naval Ravikant and Nick Kokonas: Two featured guests in this anniversary compilation. Naval Ravikant: co-founder of AngelList and Airchat, angel investor, host of the Naval podcast. Nick Kokonas: former derivatives/options trader, co-owner and co-founder of the Alinea Group of restaurants (including three-Michelin-star Alinea) and founder of the Tock booking software. Tim Ferriss 10-year anniversary super combo: Naval Ravikant on honesty, habits, and happiness, plus Nick Kokonas on asymmetric risk and reinventing restaurants.

• “his first book was called fooled by randomness great book it's a fabulous book a lot of people's reaction to that book was oh there's nothing new in there”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “great book it's a fabulous book”
  Russ Roberts · The Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 202201:20:17

  Said during "Russ Roberts, The Decisions that Define Us". The episode features Russ Roberts: President of Shalem College in Jerusalem, Hoover Institution research fellow, host of the EconTalk podcast, and author of Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us. Economist Russ Roberts on why life's biggest decisions can't be solved with cost-benefit analysis, and what makes a life well lived.

• “Antifragile, Fooled by Randomness, and The Black Swan... I found all of them to be very thought-provoking, and worth reading, and I don't say that lightly”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “I found all of them to be very thought-provoking, and worth reading, and I don't say that lightly”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 202101:19:25

  Said during "Q&A with Tim, Tools for Better Sleep, Parenting, Fear, How to Boost Your Mood, and More". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and Tools of Titans, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show. This is a solo Q&A episode where he both asks and answers, fielding live-chat and pre-submitted listener questions. Tim Ferriss answers live and submitted Q&A on sleep, parenting, fear, mood, psychedelics, learning, and travel.

• “I think Taleb and Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, read those books. Just start to read Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “read those books. Just start to read Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Feb 202101:12:43

  Said during "Josh Waitzkin - The Cave Process, Advice from Future Selves, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Josh Waitzkin: Author of The Art of Learning, eight-time US national chess champion, two-time Tai Chi push hands world champion, and the first BJJ black belt under Marcelo Garcia. He now trains elite mental performers and runs The Art of Learning Project nonprofit. Josh Waitzkin turns the tables on Tim Ferriss, probing gating questions, the entanglement of genius and wounds, surrender, and preparing for accelerating change.

• “a series of books by nicholas taleb about fooled by randomness and black swan highly recommend them”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “highly recommend them”
  guest · Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 202000:19:10

  Said during "Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch | Lex Fridman Podcast #114". The episode features Russ Tedrake: Roboticist, MIT professor, and VP of robotics research at Toyota Research Institute. Known for underactuated robotics, control theory, MIT's DARPA Robotics Challenge team, and the Drake simulator. MIT roboticist Russ Tedrake on why robots should embrace contact, softness, and physics instead of fighting gravity.