Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Air date: 12-03-01

[yuyuhafa100]

wow this Harold Hudson!! wow wow wow wow!!!

[yuyuhafa100]

wow this interviewer ! what is his name???

horrible guy!

[Raawberry]

OMFG the WORST interviewer EVER! Can't watch the damn video cause' of him.

[rgs11]

He's done so many great interview (ie he's invited the best possible interviews) and he's such a great guy but you'd think he'd learn to SHUT THE FU*K UP LONG ENOUGH FOR HIS SUBJECTS TO ANSWER HIS FUC*ING QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUT THE FUC* UP, Harold. Thanks! X(

[mattraum]

Mr. Channer should learn some manners.

[asad1117]

this is the funniest interview ever!

[pankaj50001]

The Interviewer is a PAIN... trying to show offf....

[ambistia12345]

The interviewer is annoying. 

[ambistia12345]

The interviewer is damn annoying.

[kmacaa]

They keep showing the word "conversations" at the top... it should be more like "lectures"

[stgpepper]

This is the worst interviewer in the world. Taleb is bright man that has many thing to say please let him. Please edit this video.

[X180SE]

Taleb is an extremely patient & tolerant man. If I had been in his place, I would presently find myself incarcerated for murder by strangulation.

[ydraki]

Harold is the SHOW. His nagging is hilarious!

[jabittar]

This is an excellent example of how NOT to interview someone, ANYONE. Harold Hudson fails completely at the task. In the year 2010 Taleb no longer puts up with this sort of interviewer anymore.

[isi2isi67]

Mr Talem is much more polite than I would ever have been in this circumstance if I were in his shoes

[CCPlaetean]

aww shame this interview completely ruined this retard, I can't bear to watch or try and understand what Taleb is always saying

SHUT THE FUCK UP

[tairanotomomori]

I nearly screamed in annoyance at the interviewer. Argggggg!!! If anything, we should admire Mr. Taleb's patience.

[82abhilash]

HAROLD , LET THE GUY SPEAK. NASIM HARDLY GETS TO FINISH A SENTENCE.

[richschwinn]

Poor Taleb!!! How is it that this Harold guy is allowed to interview an intellectual!? It's painful to see him so out of his league, he clearly has no clue what Taleb is saying.

[Capeau]

the host comes over as being really dumb

[jjcale1111]

What's wrong with you guys, the interview is fine. This is called a "conversation" both guys speak... not just one.

Remember that this guy is not as clued up on Taleb's ideas a you are and he is also not sold on the ideas as you are. It would be odd if he never interupted the explanation of what was a controversial theory at the time of the interview.

[TripleEvent]

Typical Channer interview. Inadvertently hilarious...

[supergopi]

gosh.."interviewer" should shut the fuck up... and allow the expert guest to talk uninterrupted... "interviewer" appears so fake, shallow and counter productive...

instead, Nassim is better of if he just gave a talk on the topic without discussing with this dumb ass..

[supergopi]

here i got a better link

fora [dot] tv/2008/02/04/Nassim_Nicholas_­Taleb_A_Crazier_Future

[MrRockeey]

THE INTERVIEWER IS SO DISGUSTING!

[ahmedhaneef]

what kinda interviewer is this

[jedfa987]

It's amazing. Taleb is so easy to listen to and yet I can't make it through this video because the other guy won't shut up for 5 seconds.

[Singleman310]

Shut Up !!!

[dmazino]

Well, I'm done, after a lot of crying. Phew.

[dmazino]

God, I hate this interviewer. But I am so dedicated to Nassim I'll finish. 29: through now and doing math homework so I don't go crazy. Wish me luck.

[IMD]

"I have tremendous respect for the man. We live in a complex system that delivers extreme deviations. Current risk management and economic analyses methods fail us in such a system because of low predictability. What should we do in such an environment? At the IMD OWP 2010, Nassim Nicholas Taleb will present simple rules (lower leverage, less reliance on deficit spending, less mathematical risk management) for a black swan robust economic system.

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[IMD]

"I have tremendous respect for the man. We live in a complex system that delivers extreme deviations. Current risk management and economic analyses methods fail us in such a system because of low predictability. What should we do in such an environment? At the IMD OWP 2010, Nassim Nicholas Taleb will present simple rules (lower leverage, less reliance on deficit spending, less mathematical risk management) for a black swan robust economic system.

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[swissfen]

gosh, this interviewer is so anoying, he is so incompetent....I really don't understand who has let him do that job....

[certainstrength]

hahahaha. wow the interviewer is bad. I respect Mr. Taleb more now because I would have had to walk out. The african Savannah/leopards piece was an epic tangent.

[slinkyakash]

yes quite annoying, who is he?

[jaumsp]

taleb is a genious , but i could´t finish watch this video because of this interviewer

[certainstrength]

I know! I'm five minutes in and I cant stand him saying "I see, I see" every 2 seconds.

[zeuslobo]

This is by the far the most irritating interviewer I have seen. I think he is more focused on proving himself than obtaining information. He'll then go off in a tangent with a stupid joke. What a waste!

[capitalismforever]

I was able to get to the 12:53 mark and then call it quits. The interview is atrocious. I can't watch any more. What a shame.

[capitalismforever]

Harold, thank you for posting this video but you are a terribly annoying affliction of continuously talking over your guest.

[nigelhayes]

harold is high out of his mind

[vorotnikova]

The interviewer is either too old or too drunk, lol...

[pixelsmart]

The most annoying interviewer I have seen.

[karl2393]

The interviewer is an utter moron.

[chip01chip01]

The interviewer's responses and interaction with Nassim are either pure randomness or symptomatic of Alzheimers or of an inebriated idiot savant with a memory allowing him to parrot whatever he has heard on PBS and the BBC.

[yanjason80]

Whats wrong with the interview ? He did a wonderful job he brought in more variable and context than any other can our would and brought more insight into world and not only theory of Taleb . this show is called conversations which means two people talking to each other and not giving the guest the easy and predictable answers to please Table's followers and confirm what you already know.....!!!!!

[capitalismforever]

To answer your question, the needless "uh huh, yeah, yeah, right, right, mmm" does not add fruitfulness to the conversation. It adds annoyance.

[sunsande]

I cannot stop myself from saying it THE INTERVIEWER IS STUPID IDIOT. He cannot even consentrate on what Nassim talks and jumps namely mad RANDOMly between his mixed-up RANDOMly comming concepts out his RANDOM mazy brain (if such exists) ...

It's a compliment to Nassim Taleb anyway ... I will stand to the end ... sending maybe more comments like this one!

[sunsande]

The interviewer is MAD IDIOT. He repeats every word of Nassim or says yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

what a moron

[shankyxyz]

man what a stupid interviewer.

[rmeddy1]

That interviewer start to piss me off within the first minute.

[zype77]

kill the interviewer.

He doesn't know shit about chaos or entropy

[mugenJP]

its cuz the dickhed got no idea about the topic or anything about the book is about....

"randomness is a big word" wtf!!!! lol

[drmakaka]

the interviewer needs to shutup

[norpsta]

fucking interview is so fucking annoying, can someone edit him out pls .

[EvolBob1]

I'll have to grab the book.

The moron Nicholas Taleb is talking to makes watching this interview?... impossible.

I managed 19 minutes, how far did you get :)

[tomhwatson]

The interviewer is an idiot.

[itillbeme]

Time to retire Mr. interviewer.

[twiliteminotaur]

fucktard interviewer

[baldassare01]

i think this depicts how difficult sometimes it is to impart knowledge to an audience behaving like the interviewer.

[dfjpr]

God, I was just going to post that I appreciated the post, but the interviewer has to let him speak more.

but then as I was scrolling down to say this I see it has been said in abundance.

take note harrold

[andrushkapiter]

taleb is great, of course...can somebody PLEASE PLEASE shoot this lunatic retarded interviewer so he does not inflict any more pain on humankind?!!!

[pistonsforum]

Worst interviewer ever.

[2007reza]

Who is being interviewed?

[admired2]

OK everybody is complaining about the poor interwiever... now pls try to overlook that. Listen to Taleb, after all he makes many brilliant statements and scores so many good points and interesting ideas !!!

I highly recommend you to continue from here, go deeper in Talebs thinking; read his excellent books "Fooled by Randomness" and "The Black Swan". Taleb will there talk to you in person. Thats the way to go.

Enjoy your reading !

[cocolombo]

What a incompetent interviewer !

[krist300]

Uhh... the interviewer is interupting too much.

[boruone77]

1. Bernard Madoff, New York, 70, $50.1 Billion, J. Q. Public [JEW] 7. Paul Allen, Washington, 53, $22, Microsoft, investments [JEW]

11. Roman Abramovich, Russia, 39, $18.2, oil [JEW]

12. Michael Dell, Texas, 41, $17.1, Dell [JEW]

14. Sheldon Adelson, Nevada, 72, $16.1, casinos, hotels [JEW]

15. Lawrence Ellison, California, 61, $16, Oracle [JEW]

24. Steven Ballmer, Washington, 50, $13.6, Microsoft [JEW]

[dfjpr]

where are the numbers in your list from?

biggest swindlers list or something?

thanks

[batbawls]

"Uh uh... yeah.. uh hmm... um hmmm... yeah yeah yeah.. uh huh... hmmm hmmm....oh oh, yeah... um hmmmm... I see... hmmm... uh huh.. yes.. uh huhmm." Someone please HAND ME THE DUCT TAPE!

[muratergulen]

i wish harold would just shut up and listen. he doesnn't seem to understand anything that taleb says and tries to talks about stuff completely unrelated to the subject.

[spurs2567]

What a shame Harlod couldnt control his ego, he was intent on trying to show how knowlegable he is but all he managed to do was spoil what could of been an interesting discusion.

[richschwinn]

@muratergulen Absolutely!!! This video is disturbing.

[richschwinn]

@muratergulen Absolutely!!! This video is disturbing. This interviewer is extraordinarily shallow!

[richschwinn]

@muratergulen I absolutely agree!!! The interviewer is extraordinarily shallow! It's truly disturbing---

[CCPlaetean]

@muratergulen oh christ next time the interview says 'uhh huhh' or 'yeeaaapp' I'm going to pee on the floor

[aluisious]

"The waiter disappeared.

Oh oh, RANDOM!"

Ugh, idiot.

[machinegt]

i want to listen to what taleb has to say but this interviewer keeps throwing junk into the conversation.

[sassylassy526]

I got half way through the interview and couldn't take it anymore. It's hard for me to say this. I prefer to respect my elders, but this guy hit my limit.

[yalla123123]

The interviewer is retarded... he should jump off a cliff.

[leballin05]

that old fuckin cook!! STFU ! let the man talk u idiot

[aaa14774]

I will add another data point to this probablistic curve: The "interviewer" is the worst ever. This is the second interview from this guy (the interviewer) and I gave him the benefit of the doubt the first time, but seriously: can you be any more annoying? If you are going to interrupt and talk non-stop, don't invite anyone! And stop name-dropping to make yourself look smart: you look like the dumbass you are! And for the love of god stop saying "sinergy", "entropy", "consciosness". Obnoxious.

[Teratornis]

The "interviewer" should try interviewing Ángel Matos (the Cuban taekwondo athlete who kicked the referee). Then maybe after the 300th "uh-huh" and "yea yea yea yea I I uh see see", Matos would earn himself a lifetime ban from being interviewed by annoying people.

[w0r1dpeace]

@Teratornis It's obviously some public access shit. The guy is not Jim Lehrer. That said, I'm still waiting for the vid to load. I'll observe his interview technique.

[TomasOakFields]

I think their interaction is beautifully hilarious. As it likely depicts various similar "conversations" that Taleb has on a frequent basis.

[donnca]

I didn't think he was that bad, and it is viewed as a conversation tather than an interview-somewhat mitigating its rambling nature

[shaman683]

As a professional broadcaster for over 35 years,this guy is the worst interviewer I have EVER seen!

Taleb is brilliant and should be let to talk with few interruptions as possible.

This awful interviewer is making my old ulcer fire back up!

[mikesblack]

Agreed- The interviewer throws out irrelevant crap and does not allow Taleb to finis his thoughts. Frustrating.

[umpazump]

He says he has found a way to make a living doing this crap.

[rackoon777]

this interviewer is by far the most annoying person on earth... can he let him say one whole sentence???????????

[morphinemorphine]

what is the probability of that old twat shutting his fuckin mouth.wanker

[morphinemorphine]

the interviwer is a fuckin twat

[BOMBER312]

Oh my god, I can't stand the interviewer. Why doesn't he just shut up and let him talk...seriously unbelievable

[cation102]

I agree, too. I'm only 2 minutes in and the interviewer is driving me nuts!! He needs a muzzle.

[nwkennon]

I agree. It PAINS me to listen to the interviewer.

[JeromeWer]

I never thought I would post a comment on Youtube, but this interviewer is such a g.d. moron that I had to. Did he really have to interject the bit about 200,000 years ago instead of 160,000 years ago? Did he have to have a seizure about the word "probabilistic"? The interviewer is horrendous. Un-fxxxing believable.

[semiliteratedgod]

holy shit, maybe the worst interviewer IN THE WORLD

[number1yangsta]

Heh yeah.. the interviewer ruined it.

[sakinakka]

a genius iviewed by an dumb asshole. It would be great if Taleb could give a trasncript of this video without the old dumb asshole.

[turygin]

Oh, My God! Taleb should have smacked that guy!

[cheeryble]

Undoubtedly the WORST interview ever. I was DYING to hear two sentences uninterrupted from the very interesting Taleb.

How can Channer be this unaware?

[tysen2003]

The probability of the interviewer being a dumbass are 99.9%....

Bloody annoying....

Dr Taleb should have walked off the set

[downwiz2]

JUST STFU HAROLD CHANNER IF YOU HAVE ZERO KNOLWEDGE OF THE SUBJECT AND LET THE MAN S

PEaK HOLY SHIT STOP POSTING YOUR SENSELESS SHIT

[fedcep]

I'm surprised Taleb put up with that clown on the left for so long.

[d0gsurfer]

I wrote this in frustration before reading any comments. Finding so many with the same conclusions has rejuvenated my faith in humanity. Thank you...If only I could have muted the interviewer. He constantly shot irrelevant tangent comments, and off-topic questions. Interviewing 101: Guide the flow of the guest, not just repeat what others have said just to hear yourself speak. Taleb showed remarkable restraint, and fought valiantly to keep the interview credible to the unseen audience.

[jazzmanandras]

i am at minute 8 right now. WHO IS THE INTERVIEWER??? so annoying. his "uhums" and "yeah, rights" drive me absolutely crazy. i would like to listen to the absolutely brilliant Mr Taleb not the moaning of some incompetent interviewer.

[sciencekid]

hey! interviewer. i would like it if Mr. Taleb had a chance to speak

thanks

[cassyvetas]

few so-called mathematicians, empiricists, etc, communicate this well and are what I call "literate." great writer. his new book will launch "Black Swan" into the vernacular like "Freakonomics," "Wikinomics," "The Long Tale" and "World is Flat." i want to hurt the man on the left. somebody make a transcript of Taleb only.

[07sta]

I couldn't realize there was an interviewer,

no questions at all..

Taleb is brillant, filling the gap.

[Mark0Brazil]

it would not surprise me if the only guy downthere defending the interviewer will be the own Nassim Taleb... lgs

[krdmusiclover]

I have a feeling the interviewer has not done any homework. He should have at least read Mr Taleb's book, which I don't think he's done.

[bleedingpisshole]

I only wished Mr Taleb would have pulled out a ball peen hammer and pummeled this interviewer,then I could jerkoff!!!

[mermaidwaters]

No, guy on left is ok,the presentation is interesting.

[Oppp2]

fkn shut upp already!

[Oppp2]

this guy is killing me! cant listen to something that would otherwise have been perfectly interesting.

[Oppp2]

lots of leopards. thanks man!

[Oppp2]

omg! stupid questions and remarks FTL.

[Oppp2]

FuCKING Annoying interviewer.... "ahh" "yeah" "uhuh" STFU!

[EvanChaim]

This interviewer should be shot!

Doesent he sound like Mr. Rogers?

[ryutakakura]

Poor Nassim. At 57:40 he looks away from Harold with so much frustration. The interview with Charlie Rose was much better.

[snoopdog123456789016]

Wrong interviewer ----- he's trying to make himself appear smart. Why is he trying to compete???

[7bb7b]

What's the chance of the interviewer having a lapse of early senility??

[ayam6666]

i think he is stoned!

[PhaBaria]

"The guy on the left", about whom everyone is complaining, is the director and is the person who posted this programme.

[ayam6666]

he is probably drunk.

[d0gsurfer]

This interviewer has 293 interviews on YouTube. This isn't his first.

"Inconceivable!" - Vizzini

[Bustermania999]

Supposedly a 1 hour interview with the brilliant Nassim Nicholas Taleb: In reality, only 30 minutes of genius from Mr Taleb, and a full 30 minutes of irritating gibberish and ego-boosting interruptions from the amazingly disrespectful interviewer.

Absolutely the worst interviewer I've ever seen. If only he had kept quiet and allowed Mr Taleb to express his ideas. In the end poor Mr Taleb just seemed to give up in abject frustration and accept the unending barrage of non-related interruptions.

[bp3416]

I found this unbearable to listen to because of the idiotic interviewer. Why doesn't he shut the f up? "yeah", "ah ha", "oh", "right", "uh huh", He made me crazy! I wanted to listen to this intelligent man speak, and couldn't concentrate with that f'r making dumb noises after every sentence Nassim spoke.

[nunezger]

the guy on the left is making me dumber ....

[gagash111]

i hate the left guy!!!!

[phantomhampton]

"Probabilistic - pro - babble -istic - that is a poetic word". Wow that old guy is such a retard. Pity this seminal talk on probability and second law is cut down so much by the old git!

[ran310]

I agree with the comments of my friends below.

The interviewers voice is the irritating and disturbing NOISE in the meaningful SIGNALs of Taleb. Great speech Taleb. Interviewer sucks !!

[TheMightyAlgernon]

the interviewer does not know what he is talking about. it wouldn't be a problem if he were aware of it and kept his part of the conversation at a minimum.

[superdiza]

The left guy keep humming, and interrupting the flow of ideas, he is so annoying with his attempt to keep the attention on him. The interviewer is interrupting the interview...Shut up!!

[Hatalles]

Dr. Taleb was on the Colbert Report a few months ago.

[xpistos3]

The old guy is extremely annoying...he acts like he's at the same level of intelligence as Taleb. Whoever posted this video should edit the old guy out. He is constantly interupting Taleb.

[romshes]

Thanks for posting Mr. Taleb. I wish we could edit the old guy out...

[pocoso]

Nassim seems to be be very cool, but the guy who interview Nassim is keep talking and dont let this guy talk. I dont know who let that guy work on that program.

But still a very good program and quite nice.