--- product_id: 175889729 title: "Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto)" price: "VT9740" currency: VUV in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/175889729-skin-in-the-game-hidden-asymmetries-in-daily-life-incerto store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) **Price:** VT9740 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) - **How much does it cost?** VT9740 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/175889729-skin-in-the-game-hidden-asymmetries-in-daily-life-incerto) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) [Taleb, Nassim Nicholas] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) Review: For a different viewpoint - well worth reading - This is the fourth book by Nassim Taleb that I've read. Even when I don't agree with him, I find his views to be a useful antidote to sloppy thinking, which is much of what passes for public discourse now. Taleb calls out public intellectuals, Paul Krugman for one, and challenges their intellectual credibility. He does this with much of academia as well. He calls out Bob Rubin, former Treasury Secretary, for what I believe is fundamentally an integrity issue. I point this out because if you, as a prospective reader, might find this troubling, then brace yourself. On another front, he invokes a wide range of scholarship involving not only classical Greek and Roman sources, but also sources from the mid-East both Christian and Islamic. He's from Lebanon so his exposure to this culture arises from personal experience. I find the breadth of his source material to be unusual and worthy of careful consideration. What do I take as the basic idea of the book? One has to be at risk of personal loss to understand and responsibly respond to the world's challenges. Telling others what they should do when you are not exposed to the consequences is fundamentally corrupt. Ethics runs throughout the book. What are some of the topics? Why the most intolerant minorities can impose their will on the majority. How to legally own another person. Why some legal systems seek to impose equality of uncertainty in commercial transactions,. How to ethically disagree with another. How today's merchandising of virtue compares to simony in the Middle Ages. Religion, belief and the necessity for skin in the game - for, as Taleb puts it, the gods don't like cheap signaling. These are only some of the topics that the book delves into. I think you can agree that the topics listed above, and many others in the book, are not light reading. If, like me, you find these topics worthwhile for consideration, I encourage you to read the book. I think that it will repay your time. Review: Nassim Taleb is the author who has influenced my thinking ... - Nassim Taleb is the author who has influenced my thinking more than any other that I have read. His approach, grounded in statistical rigor, is contrarian but also intuitive. I first encountered his work when I read the Black Swan in 2006 while working a summer in Geneva. I remember being struck by the truth in his descriptions of how Wall Street forecasting is done and how misleading and often incorrect it is. Reading The Black Swan led me to read Fooled By Randomness, the Bed of Procrustes, and Antifragile. Each one further reinforcing and refining his ideas. Not only are the books insightful, they are also entertaining and I relished each opportunity to read his work. Following him on twitter is one of my guilty pleasures. His latest book, Skin in The Game, is more of a work of moral philosophy than one of probability and statistics. In my opinion, its most valuable aspect is that it provides a framework though which to judge the arguments, assertions, and most importantly the actions of others. That framework is skin in the game. To have skin in the game is to have a stake in the outcome of any given circumstance (upside and downside). This framework only ascribes value to the opinions of people who have skin in the game and makes judgements based on other people’s actions and not their words. In the end the determination of right and wrong is left up to the passage of time, with survival being the highest badge of success. This has applications not just in investing but also in politics, religion, medicine, and may other arenas. My only gripe about the book is that there is no update on the life and times of Nero Tulip. One of Taleb’s most interesting characters and a mainstay in all of his other books. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #33,963 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #15 in Political Economy #16 in Economic Conditions (Books) #36 in Philosophy of Ethics & Morality | | Book 5 of 5 | Incerto | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (7,024) | | Dimensions | 7.95 x 5.2 x 0.67 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 0425284646 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0425284643 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 304 pages | | Publication date | January 7, 2020 | | Publisher | Random House Trade Paperbacks | ## Images ![Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ZHZle28QL.jpg) ![Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51w35MrI6mL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For a different viewpoint - well worth reading *by F***G on January 12, 2019* This is the fourth book by Nassim Taleb that I've read. Even when I don't agree with him, I find his views to be a useful antidote to sloppy thinking, which is much of what passes for public discourse now. Taleb calls out public intellectuals, Paul Krugman for one, and challenges their intellectual credibility. He does this with much of academia as well. He calls out Bob Rubin, former Treasury Secretary, for what I believe is fundamentally an integrity issue. I point this out because if you, as a prospective reader, might find this troubling, then brace yourself. On another front, he invokes a wide range of scholarship involving not only classical Greek and Roman sources, but also sources from the mid-East both Christian and Islamic. He's from Lebanon so his exposure to this culture arises from personal experience. I find the breadth of his source material to be unusual and worthy of careful consideration. What do I take as the basic idea of the book? One has to be at risk of personal loss to understand and responsibly respond to the world's challenges. Telling others what they should do when you are not exposed to the consequences is fundamentally corrupt. Ethics runs throughout the book. What are some of the topics? Why the most intolerant minorities can impose their will on the majority. How to legally own another person. Why some legal systems seek to impose equality of uncertainty in commercial transactions,. How to ethically disagree with another. How today's merchandising of virtue compares to simony in the Middle Ages. Religion, belief and the necessity for skin in the game - for, as Taleb puts it, the gods don't like cheap signaling. These are only some of the topics that the book delves into. I think you can agree that the topics listed above, and many others in the book, are not light reading. If, like me, you find these topics worthwhile for consideration, I encourage you to read the book. I think that it will repay your time. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nassim Taleb is the author who has influenced my thinking ... *by F***R on April 2, 2018* Nassim Taleb is the author who has influenced my thinking more than any other that I have read. His approach, grounded in statistical rigor, is contrarian but also intuitive. I first encountered his work when I read the Black Swan in 2006 while working a summer in Geneva. I remember being struck by the truth in his descriptions of how Wall Street forecasting is done and how misleading and often incorrect it is. Reading The Black Swan led me to read Fooled By Randomness, the Bed of Procrustes, and Antifragile. Each one further reinforcing and refining his ideas. Not only are the books insightful, they are also entertaining and I relished each opportunity to read his work. Following him on twitter is one of my guilty pleasures. His latest book, Skin in The Game, is more of a work of moral philosophy than one of probability and statistics. In my opinion, its most valuable aspect is that it provides a framework though which to judge the arguments, assertions, and most importantly the actions of others. That framework is skin in the game. To have skin in the game is to have a stake in the outcome of any given circumstance (upside and downside). This framework only ascribes value to the opinions of people who have skin in the game and makes judgements based on other people’s actions and not their words. In the end the determination of right and wrong is left up to the passage of time, with survival being the highest badge of success. This has applications not just in investing but also in politics, religion, medicine, and may other arenas. My only gripe about the book is that there is no update on the life and times of Nero Tulip. One of Taleb’s most interesting characters and a mainstay in all of his other books. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Long-winded but insightful *by A***W on January 23, 2026* It's not the easiest book to read, partially because its diction is pretty abstract, partially because the examples it provides make you stop to think long enough that you lose focus on the book ## Frequently Bought Together - Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) - Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) - The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/175889729-skin-in-the-game-hidden-asymmetries-in-daily-life-incerto](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/175889729-skin-in-the-game-hidden-asymmetries-in-daily-life-incerto) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-10*