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{{a|writer|}}Author, with {{author|James Lindsay}}, of the brave and righteous {{br|Cynical Theories}}.

{{a|writer|}}Author, with {{author|Helen Pluckrose}}, of the brave and righteous {{br|Cynical Theories}}.

{{a|writer|}}{{author|Jason Fried}} is author of the brief, [[clixby]] and really rather good {{br|Rework}}.

...r|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}}, a book which blowhards like {{author|Richard Dawkins}} don’t understand, notwithstanding its consistency with {{author|Imre Lakatos}}, {{author|Paul Feyerabend}} and {{author|Richard Rorty}} are fellow travellers in this excellent post-modern furrow.

{{a|author|}}Author of {{br|Risk Savvy: How To Make Good Decisions}} and all-round good dude.

...thers. Friends with {{author|Daniel Dennett}}. Completely misunderstands {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}.

...op}} and the scarily intelligent {{br|Godel, Escher Bach}}. Friends with {{author|Daniel Dennett}}.

...}} and John Lloyd’s {{br|The Deeper Meaning of Liff}} being one, and Dr. {{author|William Margrabe}}’s online ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324133701 *{{author|Douglas Adams}}

...o {{author|Joseph Campbell}}’s {{br|The Hero with a Thousand Faces}} and {{author|Christopher Booker}} here are the seven stages of the mythic journey:

...thor|}}Rock icon, superstar, cultural behemoth, rap-crossover pioneer, mis-author of [[Picture This]]. Her biography is extraordinary, even if she narrates i

{{a|writer|}}The author of: He has a thing about evolution, and he’s an intellectual compadre of {{author|Richard Dawkins}}.

...ystem analysis]] is designed to, er, avoid. {{author|Sidney Dekker}} and {{author|Charles Perrow}} had other ideas which we at the [[Jolly Contrarian]] rathe

...is a writer, coiner of cultural concepts, consultant, thought leader, and author, among a lot of other stuff, of the [[premium mediocre]] concept.

}}Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} Maybe he wears me down, but the more of {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} I read, the more I like it.

{{author|Bram Stoker}}’s famous Gothic horror, said to be inspired by his [[Proxy *{{author|Bram Stoker}}

...at [[this time is different|this time really ''is'' different]]. As with {{author|Ray Kurzweil}}’s similarly bold — and aged — prediction that {{br|The

Ladies and gentlemen, only in [[Strine]]. Just ask {{author|Afferbeck Lauder}}

...re performance]]. Also the title of a bombastic but entertaining book by {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}. *{{br|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}

Idiomatic Australian, first charted by that splendid academic Professor {{author|Afferbeck Lauder}}

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{bookreview|Code: Version 2.0}}. Dab hand at [[PowerPoint]].

{{a|book review|}}{{author|Peter Thiel}} isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Not Gawker’s, at any rate, ...t, albeit vaguely, as some kind of disciple, though “being influenced by {{author|Ayn Rand}}”<ref>For some lazy condemnation, see [https://www.newyorker.co

...mage|StewartBrand|jpg|Good dude.}}}}One of the original environmentalists, author of the ''Whole Earth Catalog'' and {{br|The Clock of the Long Now}}, co-fou

{{Author|Rory Sutherland}}

...rapist, concentration camp survivor, vanquisher of Freudian psychology and author of {{br|Man’s Search for Meaning}}.

:—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Götzen-Dämmerung}}}} ...ply neatly to individuals, it tends to apply to the ''species''.<ref>Per {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}: the gene pool is fragile, even where organisms are

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{br|The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive

...uman Error Investigations}}. [[Bonum ovum]]. Of a similar disposition to {{author|Charles Perrow}}.

Neat book by {{author|H. G. Wells}} that gave the world the [[Morlock]], the [[subject matter exp

...ut but you can never leave''?) TED talker about the [[candle problem]] and author of, among others, {{br|Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us}

{{a|opcoboone|}}{{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s series of short stories featuring the eponymous legal

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{br|The Singuilarity is Near}}, which seems no nearer 14 years after he

{{a|writer|}}Tech entrepreneur, author of {{br|Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future}}, not a

...h]]: “Oi!”</ref> and now mercifully forgotten, having been devastated by {{author|Simon Sinek}}’s excoriating, timeless classic, {{Br|The Infinite Game}}. *{{Br|The Infinite Game}}, {{author|Simon Sinek}}’s feeble attack on it

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{br|Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condi

Setting for {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s magical reality novella, [[The Montenegro Sanction]].

{{a|book review|}}{{br|The Design of Everyday Things}} - {{author|Don Norman}}<br> {{author|Don Norman}} is one of the founding fathers of design thinking. He first pu

{{a|writer|}}{{author|Robert Cialdini}} of {{br|Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion}} and {{b

...didn’t ''catch'' him: he handed himself in — but [[hedge fund]] pioneer {{author|Edward Thorp}} identified that Madoff was a fraud when a friend asked him t ...ial Thriller}} — our review of a remarkable book by Madoff whistleblower {{author|Harry Markopolos}}

:—{{author|James C. Scott}}, {{br|Seeing Like a State}}}} ...out which rationalist economic transactions could hardly take place, and {{author|Joe Norman}}’s observation that the [[informal]] interactions in a [[syst

...n [[Bernie Madoff|B. Madoff]], despite the best efforts of whistleblower {{author|Harry Markopolos}}. *{{author|Harry Markopolos}}’ excellent book about Bernie Madoff, {{br|No One Would

{{a|people|}}A coinage of {{author|Tom Wolfe}}’s to describe Sherman McCoy, ace banker in {{br|The Bonfire o

:—{{author|John Gall}}, {{Br|Systemantics}}}} *{{Br|Systemantics}}, {{author|John Gall}}’s wonderful exposition of the horror of systems.

...ew|}}'''''Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam'' — {{Author|Vivek Ramaswamy}}''' This is a courageous book. I dare say {{Author|Vivek Ramaswamy}} has lost some friends in writing it, and while it does ma

{{aai|g|}}A term coined by {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} to describe the structure option fat cat bankers ha

Known as “[[chief double-oh]] in {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s short story {{br|Where Legal Eagles Dare}}.

...bstruction or intervention from a guiding intelligent hand. Described by {{author|Daniel Dennett}} as a “universal acid”, the concept of the algorithm ha ...cording to {{author|Daniel Dennett}}, the great (if unstated) insight of {{author|Charles Darwin}}’s {{br|The Origin of Species}} was that the evolutionary

Also, Clarice ~, unlikely hero from {{author|Thomas Harris}}’ magnificent modern gothic horror, {{br|The Silence of th

...riter|}}An excellent fellow. Socioligist, organisational psychologist, and author of {{br|Normal Accidents}} and {{br|The Next Catastrophe}}, which have made

{{a|heroes|}}Pioneering [[Fi-Fi]] film director, sometime collaborator with author [[Hunter Barkley]] and {{otto}}, who directed {{br|The Day of the MiFID}},

...They don’t lie<ref>Though try telling that to {{author|Nancy Cartwright}}, author of {{br|How the Laws of Physics Lie}}.</ref>, so much as operate as a simpl

}}Author of the terrific introduction to [[systems theory]], {{br|Thinking in System

...f news in a newsletter is the ''primary'' data, the newsletter’s size, its author, its recipients, its publication date, the date it is read — these are al

...history of ideas. Slim, but if you fancy reading a modern synthesis, try {{author|Daniel Dennett}}’s not entirely uncontroversial {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous

}}{{br|Thinking in Systems}} by {{author|Donella H. Meadows}} :—{{br|Thinking in Systems}} by {{author|Donella H. Meadows}}.}}

=====Model 1: ''{{risk|Benign}}'', per {{author|Adam Smith}}’s {{br|The Wealth of Nations}}===== =====Model 2: ''{{risk|Brutish}}'', per {{author|Thomas Hobbes}}’ {{br|Leviathan}}=====

*{{author|Ichabod Mourant}}

Start with: ''what is design''? Generally - {{author| Don Tapscott}}’s {{br|The Design of Everyday Things}} — stuff which mi

...tion is already priced into current share prices. This owes something to {{author|Adam Smith}}’s invisible hand and the wisdom of the crowd: the infinite n Statistical arbitrageurs, value investors like Warren Buffett and {{author|Edward Thorp}}, [[Behavioural psychology|behavioural psychologists]] and, m

{{a|book review|}}{{author|Douglas Adams}}’ magnificent {{hhgg}} is a wonderful source of metaphor f

{{author|Richard Dawkins}} <br> Zoologist {{author|Richard Dawkins}} made his name originally for his lucid popular science wr

*[[Opco Boone]], brave hero of {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s eponymous short stories.

...ertain effect”. It does ''not'' imply any ''[[intention]]'' on the event’s author to bring that effect about. ...n'' — some wantonness; a degree of design, an intention on the part of the author. I said so, stridently, and refused to back down. Though it was hardly ''[[

:—{{author|Daniel Dennett}} — {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}}, 63}} *{{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}} — {{author|Daniel Dennett}}

{{a|writer|}}Author of the legendary ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324133701/http://margr

...hen, Utah. These are complex systems. Accident investigation theory from {{author|Sidney Dekker}} has the following observation: ...at least ''me'' for company. And, I think, {{author|Sidney Dekker}}. And {{author|Charles Perrow}}, were he still around. Notice the industry here: to reduce

— {{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}} {{br|Also Sprach Zarathustra}}}}

{{a|writer|}}Raconteur, bon-vivant, author of {{br|How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One}} and progenitor (thou

...gmatic slumber]]s, you need to spend a bit of time with the late, great, {{author|Richard Rorty}}.

{{a|book review|}}{{br|The Utopia of Rules}} {{author|David Graeber}}

:—{{Author|Julian Jaynes}}, {{br|The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the

}}The now-deceased author of delightfully wacky seventies classic {{br|The Origins of Consciousness i

...theory.<ref>{{br|The Hidden Half: How the World Conceals its Secrets}}, {{author|Michael Blastland}}, chapter 9.</ref>

::—{{author|Cixin Liu}}, {{br|Death’s End}}, Part V

{{a|writer|}}Flaneur, bon vivant, and hilariously bombastic author of, among others,

:—{{author|James Gleick}}

...es firm [[Wickliffe Hampton Asset Management]], and a key protagonist in {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s forthcoming novel {{br|The ISDA Protocol}}, and bass-p

{{author|Stephen Jay Gould}}<br> ...ecent books on evolutionary science or popular atheism, you’ll know that {{author|Stephen Jay Gould}}, and particularly this book, {{br|Rocks of Ages}}, come

::—{{author|Douglas Adams}}, {{raeou}}, from {{hhgg}}

...cation]]ism hit the buffers of real-life behavioural psychology, and why {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s account of [[The Structure of Scientific Revolutions|scie The premises of {{author|James P. Carse}}’s {{Br|Finite and Infinite Games}} throw light here: rep

...|non-linear]], or [[complex]], interaction. Discussed at great length in {{author|Charles Perrow}}’s super book {{br|Normal Accidents: Living with High-Ris

....<ref>{{br|Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future}}, {{author|Peter Thiel}}</ref>

Originates from {{author|Charles Perrow}}’s {{br|Normal Accidents}}. *{{author|Charles Perrow}}’s magnificent {{br|Normal Accidents}}, which introduced

— {{author|Douglas Adams}}, {{hhgg}}.}}{{Extinction vs no debt due}}

...s about it are {{author|Lawrence Lessig}}’s {{br|Code: Version 2.0}} and {{author|Yochai Benkler}}’s {{br|The Wealth of Networks}}.

:— {{author|John Maynard Keynes}}, ''A Tract on Monetary Reform'' (1923)

{{author|Andrew McAfee}}<br> ...or|Chris Anderson}}’s {{br|The Long Tail}} and {{author|Don Tapscott}}’s {{author|Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything}}, and all tell me, w

...unded merely on the relations of objects, nor is perceived by reason.” — {{author|David Hume}}, ''A Treatise on Human Nature''.</ref>}} *{{br|Consilience}} — {{author|E. O. Wilson}}’s rather potty book (in which he doesn't really get to gri

...name as the first, but divine, which it held up to view and praised as the author of our greatest blessings. Modern philosophers<ref>E.g., {{author|Daniel Dennett}}.</ref>, biologists and evolutionists, of course, realise t

{{g}}Classic founding economics tract, written by {{author|Adam Smith}}. Hugely influential, though rather simplistic when compared wi

...des Lebens|military school of life]], and the intellectual foundation of {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}’s {{br|Antifragile}}.

{{a|writer|}}Fiendish brainbox and author of {{br|The Dappled World – A Study of the Boundaries of Science}} and ''

{{a|writer|}}[[Madoff]] whistleblower, author of {{br|No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller}} and these days a c

: —{{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} {{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder}}

An investigative journey to track down the sainted author of this document.

:—{{author|Douglas Adams}} and John Lloyd, ''The Meaning of Liff''}}

...|James C. Scott}}, {{author|Jane Jacobs}}, {{author|W. Edwards Deming}}, {{author|Jane Jacobs}} and others who have been articulating these ideas for seventy

{{a|book review|}}{{br|Consilience}} — {{author|E. O. Wilson}} {{author|E.O. Wilson}} is just the latest biologist to try turning the base metal of

{{author|Hans Magnus Enzensberger}} {{br|The Silences of Hammerstein}} (2009)

...ter|}}Abraham “Bram” Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for discovering the phenomenon of [[proxy jetlag]] (thoug