Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane (#758)

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited.

The episode features segments from episode #691 “Nassim Nicholas Taleb & Scott Patterson — How Traders Make Billions in The New Age of Crisis, Defending Against Silent Risks, Personal Independence, Skepticism Where It (Really) Counts, The Bishop and The Economist, and Much More” and #639 “Todd McFarlane, Legendary Comic Book Artist — How to Make Iconic Art, Reinvent Spider-Man, Live Life on Your Own Terms, and Meet Every Deadline

Bios of guests may be found at tim.blog/combo.

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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 joy of writing a preemptive resignation letter. [07:13] Developing resilience against criticism. [10:04] Nassim: contrarian, or simply independent? [12:27] Jiving with skeptical turkeys. [17:21] Persisting through the polycrisis. [19:18] Introducing the precautionary principle. [21:37] Nassim’s preferred legacy. [23:50] Precautionary principle 101. [25:14] Fat tails, thin tails, the COVID vaccine, and GMOs. [32:51] Enter Todd McFarlane. [33:21] Baseball. [38:46] Rejection letters. [42:38] Compelling storytelling and meeting deadlines. [45:46] Deadlines pre-Internet vs. deadlines today. [48:36] How industry status quo led to the founding of Image Comic Books. [1:00:30] The Comics Code and the last straw. [1:06:52] The Marvel Dream Team exodus. [1:25:13] How is Todd’s camel bladder a competitive advantage? [1:31:02] Career bouncing and double-shifting as a penciler and inker. [1:49:08] The happy accident of Venom. [1:55:46] De-Rockwelling the company icon and inventing “spaghetti webbing.” [2:03:31] Bucking the status quo to become the status quo. [2:07:13] Parting thoughts and a promise for round two. SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Connect with Nassim Nicholas Taleb:

Website | Twitter

Connect with Scott Patterson:

Website | Twitter

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Connect with Todd McFarlane:

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane (#758)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane (#758)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane (#758)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane (#758)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane (#758)
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