Take this with a grain a salt. Taleb has made a lot of enemies with his writings about the bank bailouts and gov inefficiency. There are a lot of reasons for people to attack him, especially anonymously on the internet.
I am not saying that the arguments are without merit, just to be cautious in forming an opinion on the man.
> There are a lot of reasons for people to attack him, especially anonymously on the internet.
On the positive side, if you're going to judge the guy by the insights of his critics, his supporters have included the likes of Benoit Mandelbrot and Jack Bogle.
I am not saying that the arguments are without merit, just to be cautious in forming an opinion on the man.