Polymath. Have you read all those books? Interesting concepts.

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Polymath. Have you read all those books? Interesting concepts.

Author: NedoftheHill (44669 Posts - Joined: Jun 29, 2011)

Posted at 12:05 am on Jul 1, 2020

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Something similar but different: those who excel in the chaos of combat?

Successful combatants...cool under fire, rising to the occasion and excelling in chaos...and then coming home and trying to tolerate doing the orderly and mundane, day after day, wondering why people do it, and struggling to do it all...looking for another deployment to find meaning and purpose in their life.

I don't know if that is antifragile (I haven't read the book). Probably not. Perhaps it is an analog, and not a subset of antifragility. I've always looked at it like this: they have moral clarity and unambiguous purpose and sense of mission in combat...something they have a hard time finding running spreadsheet reports every month, and dropping off their clothes at the cleaners every week.

Trump seems to look for disorder in his daily life to find his purpose, though.

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Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

Replies to: "Polymath. Have you read all those books? Interesting concepts."

When is Biden going to tell us what he would differently outside of mandating we all wear - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:09pm 6/30/20 (16) [View All]
- Seems he’s doing just fine staying in his basement. [NT] - Chris94 - 8:14pm 6/30/20
  - Ooh yeah. I’m enjoying it all immensely. Dude is more Teflon than Orange right now. [NT] - Frank L - 9:37pm 6/30/20
    - He’s also kinda...orange. Which is funny... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:55am 7/1/20
      - Indeed. Botox, spray tan and hair plugs, all the makings of presidential. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:48pm 7/1/20
  - if he were to win,it would be great to understand what he intends to do other than finger bang staff [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:40pm 6/30/20
  - Every candidate does worse against "any [opposite party] candidate." - NedoftheHill - 8:19pm 6/30/20
    - If this election is a referendum on Trump, Biden will win in a mega landslide [NT] - Chris94 - 8:31pm 6/30/20
      - You believe these propaganda polls, eh? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:58am 7/1/20
      - Only if Biden stays in the bunker, IMO. - iairishcheeks - 8:39pm 6/30/20
        Right. Don't give Trump anything to ridicule. Let Trump destroy himself. - NedoftheHill - 9:28pm 6/30/20
        I've said and still believe Trump is Anti-fragile (Taleb). [NT] - iairishcheeks - 10:13pm 6/30/20
        Polymath. Have you read all those books? Interesting concepts. - NedoftheHill - 12:05am 7/1/20
        Only read Anti-fragile. - iairishcheeks - 12:31pm 7/1/20
      - Your strategy is clear then. - NedoftheHill - 8:32pm 6/30/20
    - Hmmm, the incumbent typically has an advantage. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 8:24pm 6/30/20
      - I think we agree that Trump is the opposite of typical. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 8:32pm 6/30/20