Comments on: caveman lunch with taleb – part 3 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/06/06/caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3 the curious study of broken things Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:24:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brett Johnson http://knackeredhack.com/2007/06/06/caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-120463 Brett Johnson Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:11:34 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/06/06/caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3/#comment-120463 Sounds like a pretty killer lunch - Thanks for posting the Taleb thoughts, great food for thought. I've posted a couple times on Taleb (and am also a DeVany acolyte). I felt, implicit in the exchange regarding Taleb not watching/reading any of the MSM but frequenting blogs: while Modernity increases our exposure to 'extremistan,' the Internet as a leveling tool allows increased exposure to a form of Mediocristan: with the actual 'experts' easier to find and varied opinions easier to gather, we become less dependent (clump less) on just a few voices/opinions, decreasing the risk of our exposure to unwise guidance (as is often provided by the MSM). Workin' on a post along these lines now, In part prompted by the thoughts posted here. Thank you again and enjoyed the read! Best, Brett Sounds like a pretty killer lunch – Thanks for posting the Taleb thoughts, great food for thought. I've posted a couple times on Taleb (and am also a DeVany acolyte).

I felt, implicit in the exchange regarding Taleb not watching/reading any of the MSM but frequenting blogs: while Modernity increases our exposure to 'extremistan,' the Internet as a leveling tool allows increased exposure to a form of Mediocristan: with the actual 'experts' easier to find and varied opinions easier to gather, we become less dependent (clump less) on just a few voices/opinions, decreasing the risk of our exposure to unwise guidance (as is often provided by the MSM).

Workin' on a post along these lines now, In part prompted by the thoughts posted here. Thank you again and enjoyed the read!

Best,
Brett

]]> By: one voices » Blog Archive » we’re built to adapt and adapt to what we build http://knackeredhack.com/2007/06/06/caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-44479 one voices » Blog Archive » we’re built to adapt and adapt to what we build Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:39:01 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/06/06/caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3/#comment-44479 [...] another quote of his that i’ve been thinking about today, from an interview with knackeredhack: The biggest problem we have is effectively the incentive system. You should be able to pay $10 for [...] [...] another quote of his that i’ve been thinking about today, from an interview with knackeredhack: The biggest problem we have is effectively the incentive system. You should be able to pay $10 for [...]

]]> By: knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2007/06/06/caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-21072 knackeredhack Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:31:25 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/06/06/caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3/#comment-21072 Rob, the same thinking, at least for vacation purposes, took us to Exmoor in a tent last year. No laptop or camper van, but that camper van culture sure has some appeal for us now. When I was working in Fleet St my fellow editors (about 20) were on a global conference call discussing where we might arrange to meet for a face to face conference. As the list of possibilities grew with no agreement emerging, I suggested we all go individually to our preferred location and hold a conference call from there. I think you were just a bit ahead of your time with the clustering camper van idea. Keep plugging it, and eventually like-minds will meet. Tim Rob, the same thinking, at least for vacation purposes, took us to Exmoor in a tent last year. No laptop or camper van, but that camper van culture sure has some appeal for us now.

When I was working in Fleet St my fellow editors (about 20) were on a global conference call discussing where we might arrange to meet for a face to face conference. As the list of possibilities grew with no agreement emerging, I suggested we all go individually to our preferred location and hold a conference call from there.

I think you were just a bit ahead of your time with the clustering camper van idea. Keep plugging it, and eventually like-minds will meet.

Tim

]]> By: Rob Hopcott http://knackeredhack.com/2007/06/06/caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-21062 Rob Hopcott Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:10:18 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/06/06/caveman-lunch-with-taleb-part-3/#comment-21062 'I sat down in the Gaudi building at a party, and felt at home. It was like a cave. It was irregular, and we like some kind of irregularity.' Bored with my home office and looking for stimulation for my writing, I had the idea of working in my camper van at different locations on Exmoor every day. I thought that other home workers with camper vans might like the idea and we could meet up and find real world companionship in our clustered camper-vans while we worked virtuously and virtually world-wide. The countryside was nice but my laptop kept discharging my leisure battery and incurring travel-to-work costs was an almost forgotten unpleasant experience. Not much materialised in the way of other home-workers camper vans, either, despite my blogged appeals, but I did get the evil eye from three dedicated hill walkers, a National Parks Ranger and a rather nice rugged-looking stag :-( ‘I sat down in the Gaudi building at a party, and felt at home. It was like a cave. It was irregular, and we like some kind of irregularity.’

Bored with my home office and looking for stimulation for my writing, I had the idea of working in my camper van at different locations on Exmoor every day.

I thought that other home workers with camper vans might like the idea and we could meet up and find real world companionship in our clustered camper-vans while we worked virtuously and virtually world-wide.

The countryside was nice but my laptop kept discharging my leisure battery and incurring travel-to-work costs was an almost forgotten unpleasant experience.

Not much materialised in the way of other home-workers camper vans, either, despite my blogged appeals, but I did get the evil eye from three dedicated hill walkers, a National Parks Ranger and a rather nice rugged-looking stag :-(

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