" Nassim Taleb: Ask Me Anything " doesn't really mean he knows everything in options trading! Note: He didn't actually say, "Ask Me Anything. I answer every question!"
Diamonds, wtf? Aren't they like way overpriced, and very illiquid? How am I supposed to dump thousands and thousands of $$$ in diamonds quickly? This guy sounds weird.
real black swan is not when market collapse and Goldman is out of business, real black swan is not when situation is beyond your method's capabilities, its not even when market closed altogether... real black swan is when dollar is used for toilet paper, when there is blood on the streets, when the banks are closed indefinitely, and nationalization is widespread and the public start learning the text of "International" (i know it by heart), its when the dream of the idiots come true at that point one has to be compact , mobile and fast