Episode 187: The Power of the Barbell Strategy: Why protecting against the downside will protect the upside
Science of Running · Steve Magness
October 24, 202234m 49s
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Show Notes
In Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile, he introduces the concept of the barbell strategy. At one end of the barbell, you’ve got low-risk low-reward, don’t he other end high risk, high reward. Taleb believes that you stack a bunch on the low risk/reward side and take strategic shots on the outliers, while staying away from the…