Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Book 1: Introduction
Prologue, Part 1: Antaeus Whacked
Prologue, Part 2: A Brief Tour of Symmetry
Prologue, Part 3: The Ribs of the Incerto
Appendix: Asymmetries in Life and Things
Book 2: A First Look at Agency
Chapter 1: Why Each One Should Eat His Own Turtles: Equality in Uncertainty
Book 3: That Greatest Asymmetry
Chapter 2: The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dominance of the Stubborn Minority
Appendix to Book 3: A Few More Counterintuitive Things About the Collective
Book 4: Wolves Among Dogs
Chapter 3: How to Legally Own Another Person
Chapter 4: The Skin of Others in Your Game
Book 5: Being Alive Means Taking Certain Risks
Chapter 5: Life in the Simulation Machine
Chapter 6: The Intellectual Yet Idiot
Chapter 7: Inequality and Skin in the Game
Chapter 8: An Expert Called Lindy
Book 6: Deeper into Agency
Chapter 9: Surgeons Should Not Look Like Surgeons
Chapter 10: Only the Rich Are Poisoned: The Preferences of Others
Chapter 11: Facta Non Verba (Deeds Before Words)
Chapter 12: The Facts Are True, the News Is Fake
Chapter 13: The Merchandising of Virtue
Chapter 14: Peace, Neither Ink nor Blood
Book 7: Religion, Belief, and Skin in the Game
Chapter 15: They Don’t Know What They Are Talking About When They Talk About Religion
Chapter 16: No Worship Without Skin in the Game
Chapter 17: Is the Pope Atheist?
Book 8: Risk and Rationality
Chapter 18: How to Be Rational About Rationality
Chapter 19: The Logic of Risk Taking
Epilogue
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Technical Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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