Antaeus has many connotations; Taleb is clear on the ones he means, Heracles one of them. Skin-in-the-Game (SITG) for doers is as Antaeus derived power, and where Heracles defeated him: direct contact with one's purpose. Heracles defeated Antaeus via trial and error.
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@NickKristof and@tomfriedman, but I think it's pushing it quite a bit to compare them to Hercules. ;) They aren't the ones with a hedge fund portfolio, that I know of! -
Taleb asks why some writers are given credence for the folly of preemptive war if they pay no roll in war's execution. They needn't be Heracles for the question to have merit. As to hedge funds, Taleb suffered if he lost money, thus the point of SITG Maybe if Friedman fought.
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Our psychology of the myth is perhaps why Taleb leads with it, to open the mind. Bullying is the realm of Heracles, but the story has pinions without him. Both fought. Ancients were idyllic about ineffable. Somehow we forget the Wanderer has a Shadow. Emily Dickinson knew.
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