ClaimsNassim Taleb

“if it's interesting today and would have been interesting 20 years ago, odds are it is going to be interesting 20 years from now.”

Nassim Taleb, interviewee 10 July 2017 Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the Game (EconTalk) archived copy

Prediction Their own work or organisation

A book that is interesting today and would have been interesting 20 years ago will probably still be interesting 20 years from now.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

deadline 2037 is after 2026-11-04

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Nassim Taleb, “A book that is interesting today and would have been interesting 20 years ago will probably still be interesting 20 years from now.” (said 10 July 2017). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_a2891a3b175a, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_a2891a3b175a

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