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The Better Angels of Our Nature criticized by Nassim Taleb from fooledbyrandomness.com
This source records 1 book criticized by Nassim Taleb: The Better Angels of Our Nature.
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1 BOOKCriticized by Nassim Taleb
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
In 'The Long Peace is a Statistical Illusion' (with Pasquale Cirillo), Taleb argues against the book's central thesis that violence has structurally declined, contending war casualties follow a fat-tailed distribution where long quiet periods are statistically expected and say nothing about a real decline.