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Vitalik Buterin Gets A Lesson On Reading Books By 'Black Swan' Author

Published 28/11/2022, 01:45
Updated 28/11/2022, 03:10
© Reuters. Vitalik Buterin Gets A Lesson On Reading Books By 'Black Swan' Author

Benzinga - Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-creator Vitalik Buterin wanted to know if reading long-form books was “virtuous or even necessary” and he got 'schooled' on the topic by the author of the ‘Black Swan’ Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

What Happened: Buterin asked his Twitter followers if podcasts were an “acceptable substitute” for reading books. He also wanted to know the difference between a podcast and an audiobook saying he listened to both.

Taleb invoked the 10 World Series baseball championship winner Yogi Berra in response to Buterin’s question and took a dig at Buterin.

Elias Canetti.

Taleb said, “This reminds me of a novel by Elias Canetti: an erudite scholar lives in a library, in emotional communion with his 20K books. Then he marries his maid who finds his books superfluous…”

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Why It Matters: Last week, Taleb took veiled potshots at Buterin saying he was optimistic that the world will not be “run by cadaverous pencilneck cryptocrats out of a 1964 black & white Dracula movie."

Buterin’s question on books also attracted the attention of some other notables on Twitter, who seemed more inclined to support diversity in means of literary consumption.

Timothy Stebbing, the product lead for the foundation behind Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), said in response to Buterin that if people like books they should “shut up” and read them.

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