Black Swans being unpredictable, we (rather than naively try to need to adjust to their existence predict them). There are do if we focus on antiknowledge, or what we do so many things we can other benefits, you can not know. set yourself Among many up to collect serendipitous Black Swans lof the positive kind) … Read More
Date: July 13, 2020
Categories: books
umberto eco’s antilibrary
Date: July 4, 2020
Categories: books
T he writer Umberto Eco belongs to that small class of scholars who are encyclopedic, insightful, and nondull. He is the owner of a large per- sonal library (containing thirty thousand books), and separates visi- tors into two categories: those who react with “Wow! Signore professore dottore Eco, what a library you have! How many … Read More
tinkering
Date: July 4, 2020
Categories: books
Black Swans being unpredictable, we need to adjust to their existence (rather than naively try to predict them). There are so many things we can do if we focus on antiknowledge, or what we do not know. Among many other benefits, you can set yourself up to collect serendipitous Black Swans (of the positive kind) … Read More