Book Review: Skin in the Game

Frontiers in Psychology

Jose D. Perezgonzalez¹ 

关键词: science;    epistemology;    ethics;    asymmetry;    game theory;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01640

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Skin in the Game is a book about asymmetries in life, in society, in history, in beliefs. Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former options trader turned probability thinker via his own skin in the game, the book is also about the consequences of such asymmetries. It explores four main topics in a somewhat haphazard manner, “according to how deep the author wants to go into a topic, not to make life easy for the critics to write reviews” (p. 44). The main topic is that of symmetry in human affairs, expanded into a second—related—topic of symmetry in information sharing in market-type transactions. A third topic is the exposition of a survival-bound definition of rationality. The fourth—and most overarching—topic is uncertainty and knowledge reliability, especially in regards to risk management in the marketplace, war, business, etc.

【 授权许可】

CC BY