Some favorite links

I love this post from Less Wrong - Generalizing from One Example.

Also, this interview from Nassim Taleb on the Economist podcast. 8 audacious minutes of Taleb at his mind-blowing best.

On the topic of favorite things, Hayek's essay The Use of Knowledge in Society was a big influence on me.

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