Fragilista At Work

According to Nassim Nicholas Taleb there are two categories of people: those with #SkinInTheGame (electricians, entrepreneurs, athletes, soldiers etc etc) and those whose income derives from telling everybody how to conduct their lives without suffering any consequences nor taking risks. Their technical name is “Fragilista” and you can usually find them hanging out at the most expensive cocktail bars in D.C. or on the editorial page of the New York Times.

At times, you can even find them on the Sam Harris podcast proudly defending other Fragilistas.

It’s quite ironic that they spent the first 10 minutes of the podcast accusing everybody who’s not an expert, like them of course, to be the victim of the Dunning-Kruger Effect and shortly after proclaiming Donald Trump — a multibillionaire who happens to be the most powerful man on earth — a “monster of incompetence”

Now, as far as I know, neither Sam Harris nor Tom Nichols have ever ran a business, host a tv show or run for office. Nor is there any evidence that they have ever become the most voted GOP candidate ever and then president of the United States while being outspent & out-endorsed by — who they thought was the most qualified candidate ever: HIllary Clinton. Oh, and without any practice, at age 70.