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Ep.201 - Human to Human Alchemy In The Digital World With Rory Sutherland

Risky ConversationsFeb 02, 2020

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Ep.303 Mavericks With Mike Driver and Paul Portesi

Ep.303 Mavericks With Mike Driver and Paul Portesi

Inverted assumptions and where to find them.




Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri  

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat  

Special Guests:: Mike Driver twitter: https://twitter.com/mdvex22

Special Guests:: Paul Portesi twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulPortesi

Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat  

Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/

Sep 10, 202202:08:41
 Ep.302 Systems Theories and Complexity With Niloofar Shadab
Apr 12, 202001:12:16
Ep.301 Time Dilation and the Mind With Iain McGilchrist

Ep.301 Time Dilation and the Mind With Iain McGilchrist

We are living in a left hemisphere world disconnected from Nature. Have we modeled ourselves into a corner and thought ourselves clever enough to keep the chaos at bay? Join us as we interview the incredible Iain McGilchrist to discuss his fantastic book The Master and His Emissary and the lessons, we can apply to make sense of our world.  Dr. McGilchrist now resides on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of North West Scotland, where he continues to write and is currently working on his next book The Matter With Things, a book of epistemology and metaphysics. Books Mentioned: The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist (Author) https://www.amazon.ca/Master-His-Emissary-Divided-Western/dp/0300245920/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1586051137&sr=8-1 Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail by William Ophuls https://www.amazon.ca/Immoderate-Greatness-Why-Civilizations-Fail/dp/1479243140/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1586051261&sr=1-2 Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Special Guests:: Iain McGilchrist Site: https://iainmcgilchrist.com/ Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/
Apr 05, 202001:05:53
Ep.208 Extreme Contracts Principals, Negotiations, and Software engineering insights With Jacopo Romei
Mar 29, 202002:06:54
Ep.207 Ponzi Schemes, Cryptocurrencies, And Legal Obligations Oh My With Thomas Messina
Mar 22, 202001:01:46
Ep.206 From Chernobyl to Covid-19, Government Responses to Black Swans and Their Consequences With Velina Tchakarova
Mar 15, 202001:56:44
Ep.205 Cartoon Strips, sexy finance, and the best tip to live the happiest life with Stefan Gasic

Ep.205 Cartoon Strips, sexy finance, and the best tip to live the happiest life with Stefan Gasic

Humor is the kernel expression of truth. This week on #RiskyConversations we are joined by Stefan Gasic the one and only hilarious Creator of Earth’s only financial(ish) cartoon strip!

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guests:: Stefan Gasic twitter: https://twitter.com/NonMeek

Edited :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/

Check Out Stefans amazing art at https://gumroad.com/offshorecomic

Books Mentioned:

Dynamic Figure Drawing: A New Approach to Drawing the Moving Figure in Deep Space and Foreshortening Paperback – Aug 1 1996

by Burne Hogarth

https://www.amazon.ca/Dynamic-Figure-Drawing-Approach-Foreshortening/dp/0823015777/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1582998982&refinements=p_27%3ABurne+Hogarth&s=books&sr=1-3

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life Hardcover – Oct 22 2013

by Scott Adams

https://www.amazon.ca/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still/dp/1591846919/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=scott+adams&qid=1582999221&s=books&sr=1-2

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/how-to-fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big/id645980630

Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game Hardcover – Jul 30 2019

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981X/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=taleb&qid=1583000301&s=books&sr=1-7

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/incerto-4-book-bundle/id1067627442

Mar 01, 202001:55:11
Ep.204 Schools, Systems, And Government Funded Wars with James Marsh

Ep.204 Schools, Systems, And Government Funded Wars with James Marsh

Meet James Marsh, trader, and connoisseur of risk in the real world.

Books mentioned in Podcast:

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

by James M. McPherson (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/battle-cry-of-freedom/id838763945

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/id420526835

The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I Mass Market

by Barbara W. Tuchman (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-guns-of-august/id419974327

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series

by Barbara W. Tuchman (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-proud-tower/id455577255

The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/the-black-swan-second-edition/id419951583

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Paperback

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author)

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/fooled-by-randomness/id419979120



Feb 23, 202002:00:11
Ep.203 Electric Saints, Markets and Adoption Rates With Jed Trott
Feb 16, 202001:49:49
Ep.202 Games, Thrones, And Empires With Dr. Michael Bonner
Feb 09, 202002:08:02
Ep.201 - Human to Human Alchemy In The Digital World With Rory Sutherland
Feb 02, 202002:41:42
Ep.108 - Bounding Losses With Jaffer Ali

Ep.108 - Bounding Losses With Jaffer Ali

Meet Jaffer Ali, he is a serial entrepreneur and loves to apply anti-fragility in service of business solutions in search of profits. He focuses on how to clip the left fat tail, or in everyday parlance, he loves to position himself to fix potential losses and set himself up for wins.  Fat Tony says, "Suckers wanna win at all cost. Winners wanna lose at low cost." Jaffer explains how to do so. 

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat  

Special Guest:: Jaffer Ali  https://twitter.com/Jaffer22915438

Edited :: XMV

Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/

****NEW ****

Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

ON AMAZON NOW

https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile/dp/198481981X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=incerto&qid=1565234472&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Jaffer’s recommended reads:

The Deniable Darwin and Other Essays By Berlinski Ph.D., Dr. David

https://www.amazon.ca/Deniable-Darwin-Other-Essays/dp/0979014123/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Deniable+Darwin&qid=1569117942&s=books&sr=1-1

Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World by Nomi Prins

https://www.amazon.ca/Collusion-Central-Bankers-Rigged-World/dp/1568585624/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=ollusion%3A+How+Central+Bankers&qid=1569118425&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmr0

https://books.apple.com/ca/book/collusion/id1278968504

Sep 22, 201902:12:19
Ep.107 - Subjective Complexity With Matthias Galvin

Ep.107 - Subjective Complexity With Matthias Galvin

Meet Matthias, he's interested in bio-hacking his subjective experience. He loves to see the impact of changing his stimuli and how it percolates into his well being.  We will be discussing how weight training, fasting, orange tinted glasses, consumption of media, and appreciation for poetry change the subjective experience. 

Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri  

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat  Special Guest:: Matthias Galvin https://twitter.com/MatthiasGalvin 

Edited :: XMV  

Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/  

 ****NEW ****   Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb  ON AMAZON NOW https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-... 

Sep 15, 201902:45:32
Ep.106 - Drive the Boundary With Mike Driver

Ep.106 - Drive the Boundary With Mike Driver

Meet Mike Driver, chairman of ConvexCap, he's a world-class negotiator. He specializes in breaking boundaries of the known and travels lightly into the unknown. Witty, charming, insightful, teacher, and friend. 


Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guests:: Mike Driver twitter: https://twitter.com/mdvex


Edited :: XMV

Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/


The Master and His Emissary: Iain McGilchrist https://www.amazon.ca/Master-His-Emissary-Divided-Western/dp/0300245920/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Iain+McGilchrist+The+Master+and+His+Emissary&qid=1567990203&s=gateway&sr=8-1   


The Soul of the Marionette by John Gray https://www.amazon.ca/Soul-Marionette-Short-Inquiry-Freedom/dp/0374536236/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=The+Soul+of+the+Marionette+by+John+Gray&qid=1567990335&s=gateway&sr=8-3  


Alchemy By Rory Sutherland https://www.amazon.ca/Alchemy-Curious-Science-Creating-Business/dp/006238841X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HJ363Y48K1SL&keywords=alchemy+rory+sutherland&qid=1567990380&s=gateway&sprefix=Alchemy+Ror%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-1   


The Timeless Way of Building By: Christopher Alexander https://www.amazon.ca/Timeless-Way-Building-Christopher-Alexander/dp/0195024028/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Timeless+Way+of+Building&qid=1567990425&s=gateway&sr=8-1 


Fixing Economics By: George Cooper https://www.amazon.ca/Fixing-Economics-dismal-science-rebuilt-ebook/dp/B01IVXROKG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Fixing+Economics&qid=1567990465&s=gateway&sr=8-1   


Anti-Fragile By: Nassim Taleb https://www.amazon.ca/Antifragile-Things-That-Gain-Disorder/dp/1400067820/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=antifragile&qid=1567990503&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Sep 07, 201902:14:54
Ep.105 - Existential Uncertainty With Aleksandr Nekrasov And Gordan Fang

Ep.105 - Existential Uncertainty With Aleksandr Nekrasov And Gordan Fang

Meet Gordon & Alex two young men trying to figure out how to deal with modernity, uncertainty, religious ideas while trying to find their path. We tried to keep it light and fun but we start with Atheism so that went out the window. 


Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guests:: Gordan Fang twitter: https://twitter.com/Vasilis48814362

Special Guests:: Aleksandr Nekrasov twitter: https://twitter.com/alexandersquats

Edited :: XMV

Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/

****NEW ****

Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

ON AMAZON NOW

https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-...

Sep 01, 201901:40:47
Ep.104 - The Uncertainty Of Politics And Technology With Firas Cheaib

Ep.104 - The Uncertainty Of Politics And Technology With Firas Cheaib

Meet Firas Cheaib Lebanese software developer with a keen interest in politics. Join us as we discuss the perils of UN and the problems associated with centralization where accountability is an afterthought. 


Co-Host :: Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Co-Host :: Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Special Guest:: Firas Cheaib twitter: https://twitter.com/Firsou

Edited :: XMV

Track :: War Music by: https://www.instagram.com/grinzbeats/



****NEW ****  

Incerto (Deluxe Edition): Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb


ON AMAZON NOW

https://www.amazon.ca/Incerto-Deluxe-...

Aug 25, 201902:08:33
Ep.103 - Order Effects With Luca Dellana
Aug 18, 201902:38:09
Ep.102 - Complex Finance Simplified With Paul Portesi

Ep.102 - Complex Finance Simplified With Paul Portesi

Meet Paul Portesi ex trader who will walk us through how you get a job at a trading desk. How do the markets work when it comes to trading? We all hear stories and see movies, but we wanted to ask someone who did it to walk us through it. How does a company like Apple manage $100 billion dollars in cash? How did algorithms come into wall street trading? Is there a place left for human traders? 

Aug 11, 201902:36:07
Ep.101 - Complexity Simplified With Joe Norman

Ep.101 - Complexity Simplified With Joe Norman

Meet Joe Norman, he's an applied complexity scientist. In this episode, we talk about all things complexity. GMO, climate science, voting, elections, localism, Ebola outbreaks, you name it.


Ahsan Deliri twitter: https://twitter.com/AhsanDeliri

Ember Sadat twitter: https://twitter.com/ember_sadat

Joe Norman twitter: https://twitter.com/normonics

Aug 02, 201902:07:30