In print, the hating and despising is there for all to see: he's forever having spats and fights.
But then, being contradictory about what one hates and despises and loves and admires is actually another key Nassim Taleb trait. "You're OK."īeing artsy fartsy, I will learn, is even lower down the scale of Nassim Taleb pet hates than journalists. He wanted to be artsy fartsy," he tells the photographer, Mike McGregor. He claims it's the first time he's allowed it in three years, and has allotted just 10 minutes for it, though in the end it's more like five. I want that to be known."), smiling and effusive.įirst, though, he has to have his photo taken. And yet there he is, striding into the faculty lobby in a jacket and Steve Jobs turtleneck ("I want you to write down that I started wearing them before he did. I approach our lunch meeting, at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University where he's the "distinguished professor of risk engineering", as one might approach a sleeping bear: gingerly. So imagine, if you will, how keenly he must be looking forward to the prospect of a pre-arranged appointment to meet me, a journalist.
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