Taleb’s disdain for those scientific methods which have proven his personal experience to be at odds with the evidence of human growth over the past century or more, means I’m no longer going to waste my time with the rest of his tedious, repetitive, defensive tome.

No doubt he’d probably compose a 40 page essay in reaction to my review if I was some famous academic who he appears to have the most disregard for – Something which libertarians who hoover this nonsense up would probably also fawn over.

And as long as they do, lazy publishers who celebrate sales over rational thought will continue to bring their self-centred brainfarts into print.