ClaimsNassim Taleb

“The Lindy Chapter is done (for technical stuff).”

Nassim Taleb, author, on X 27 December 2020 Post by @nntaleb on X, 2020-12-27 (X)

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Taleb has finished the technical content of the Lindy chapter of his book.

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Author's internal progress on a book chapter.

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Nassim Taleb, “Taleb has finished the technical content of the Lindy chapter of his book.” (said 27 December 2020). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_0b47c749924f, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0b47c749924f

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