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Leadership · 21 min

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb's 'Skin in the Game' reveals how personal risk and accountability are fundamental to ethical systems and true wisdom. This episode explores the hidden asymmetries where decision-makers often reap rewards without bearing consequences, and how understanding this principle can lead to more robust choices and a more honest world.

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“Nassim Nicholas Taleb's 'Skin in the Game' reveals how personal risk and accountability are fundamental to ethical systems and true wisdom. This episode explores the hidden asymmetries where decision-makers often reap rewards without bearing consequences, and how understanding this principle can lead to more robust choices and a more honest world.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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skin in the game, accountability, risk management

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Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of skin in the game, accountability, risk management and better judgment in how they apply it.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb brings a credible and useful lens to skin in the game, accountability, risk management, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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