SUMMARY - Skin In The Game

* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. As you read this summary, you will discover that the best way to move society forward is to take risks for yourself and others. You will also discover that : you must have something to lose if you want to feel alive; wage earners are willing slaves; entrepreneurs and artisans have a sense of honor, they risk their lives every day; intellectuals and bureaucrats talk instead of acting. In his essay, "Playing your skin, Hidden asymmetries in everyday life", Nassim Nicholas Taleb, former trader, writer, professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, studies risk taking. Through his economic, philosophical and political approach, he invites you to understand the world in which you live, to ask yourself if a society where those who take risks do not assume the consequences is fair. And you, are you ready to play your skin? *Buy now the summary of this book for the modest price of a cup of coffee!