@nntaleb ideas are important for us & future generations. Yet his ideas are not easy to understand. Not for kids. They are summarized on the internet, but in no place are they translated for a 11 year old.

Created below pics for my nephew

Taleb for kids - Randomness (1/11)
Don’t drive life forward looking into rear view mirror of experiences (2/11)
We are blind to future, what next can be a treasure or exploding landmine (3/11)
Extending past, leads to false confidence and can kill you (4/11)
Don’t pick pennies in front of a stream roller

Small gains followed by disaster is worse outcome (5/11)
Never Play Russian Roulette

Only take affordable bets (6/11)
Stay away from the people that only know about bad luck

Attribution bias makes feel good (7/11)
Don’t listen to speech from lottery winners. Ask where are the dead?

Aka Survivorship bias (8/11)
Looking back it will always make sense

Hindsight bias fools your mind (9/11)
Memory will be sweet and simple, not remember the actual

Narrative bias creates a soothing feeling (10/11)
Jumping traffic to save time credits it in Hell

In smallest of decision act based on consequence (11/11)
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