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To have "skin in the game" is to have incurred risk (monetary or otherwise) by being involved in achieving a goal. In the phrase, "skin" refers to an investment (literal or figurative), and "game" is the metaphor for actions on the field of play under discussion.
Feb 27, 2018 · Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) Hardcover – February 27, 2018. by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author) 4.4 6,249 ratings. Book 5 of 5: Incerto. Editors' pick Best Nonfiction. See all formats and editions.
Jun 1, 2018 · Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one’s own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life.
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (acronymed: SITG) is a 2018 nonfiction book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former options trader with a background in the mathematics of probability and statistics.
About Skin in the Game #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A bold work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility
Skin in the game changes the attitude or approach one takes to life and death and god, even if one is the pope, himself. Taleb’s discourse on symmetry in daily life would be incomplete if it were to only mention religion but not virtues and ethics separately.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Dec 26, 2022 · Skin in the game refers to owners, executives, or principals having a significant stake in the shares of the company they manage. Skin in the game is important to...
