Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
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Is the pope atheist? Why can a stubborn minority easily end up ruling? Should you take advice from a salesperson? This book is all about why having skin in the game matters. For a society to function properly, those who benefit should also risk something and those who risk something should benefit. Full of philosophical tales and practical stories, Skin in the Game offers a key rule to live by- do not do to others what you don't want them to do to you, with its practical extension- never take advice from someone who gives advice for a living.
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Format: Paperback, 304 pages, 153mm x 234mm, 399 g
Published: 2018, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: History of Ideas & Popular Philosophy
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Is the pope atheist? Why can a stubborn minority easily end up ruling? Should you take advice from a salesperson? This book is all about why having skin in the game matters. For a society to function properly, those who benefit should also risk something and those who risk something should benefit. Full of philosophical tales and practical stories, Skin in the Game offers a key rule to live by- do not do to others what you don't want them to do to you, with its practical extension- never take advice from someone who gives advice for a living.
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life