Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, of Black Swan fame, explains his tweets


clipped from ftalphaville.ft.com

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, of Black Swan fame, doesn’t just tweet on Twitter.

He now tweets the explanations for his Twitter tweets on Twitter.

So if the below Friday tweet left you in a confused state:

The best predictor of whether a technology will be used in 10 years is if it has been in use for 10 years. (Beware: is a noisy predictor)

Or this Tuesday one:

Whatever you see around that is not perishable can be expected to be in the middle of its lifespan, BACKUP http://TwitPWR.com/JZ0/

Fear not.

Following the link will send you to a fuller explanation:

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