Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane (#758)

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s as a result of the podcast just lately hit its 10-year anniversary and handed one billion downloads. To rejoice, I’ve curated a few of the better of one of the best—a few of my favorites—from greater than 700 episodes over the past decade. I couldn’t be extra excited.

The episode options segments from episode #691 “Nassim Nicholas Taleb & Scott Patterson — How Merchants Make Billions in The New Age of Disaster, Defending In opposition to Silent Dangers, Private Independence, Skepticism The place It (Actually) Counts, The Bishop and The Economist, and A lot Extra” and #639 “Todd McFarlane, Legendary Comedian E book Artist — Tips on how to Make Iconic Artwork, Reinvent Spider-Man, Stay Life on Your Personal Phrases, and Meet Each Deadline“

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SHOW NOTES

• [04:51] Notes about this supercombo format.
• [05:54] Enter Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Scott Patterson.
• [06:32] The enjoyment of writing a preemptive resignation letter.
• [07:13] Growing resilience in opposition to criticism.
• [10:04] Nassim: contrarian, or just unbiased?
• [12:27] Jiving with skeptical turkeys.
• [17:21] Persisting by means of the polycrisis.
• [19:18] Introducing the precautionary precept.
• [21:37] Nassim’s most well-liked legacy.
• [23:50] Precautionary precept 101.
• [25:14] Fats tails, skinny tails, the COVID vaccine, and GMOs.
• [32:51] Enter Todd McFarlane.
• [33:21] Baseball.
• [38:46] Rejection letters.
• [42:38] Compelling storytelling and assembly deadlines.
• [45:46] Deadlines pre-Web vs. deadlines immediately.
• [48:36] How business established order led to the founding of Picture Comedian Books.
• [1:00:30] The Comics Code and the final straw.
• [1:06:52] The Marvel Dream Staff exodus.
• [1:25:13] How is Todd’s camel bladder a aggressive benefit?
• [1:31:02] Profession bouncing and double-shifting as a penciler and inker.
• [1:49:08] The pleased accident of Venom.
• [1:55:46] De-Rockwelling the corporate icon and inventing “spaghetti webbing.”
• [2:03:31] Bucking the established order to grow to be the established order.
• [2:07:13] Parting ideas and a promise for spherical two.

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Join with Nassim Nicholas Taleb:

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Join with Scott Patterson:

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Join with Todd McFarlane:

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