Class, 12/8

In class today, one of the things we discussed was Naseem Taleb's ideas, and I also mentioned Mark Thoma's blog. As it turns out, Mark Thoma put an article by Taleb on his blog just today. As you will see when you read it, it generated a lot of comments.

I also mentioned my friend and mentor (a person from whom I have learned much and who helped me greatly in my career), Jim Berger.

Mentors are very important for anyone's career. I have had several, Jim Berger was the latest, but also (in temporal order) Heinz Eichhorn (image on screen behind me), Harlan Smith, and Jurgen Moser. These were people that taught me much, with whom I had very close professional and personal relationships. They helped me build my career. So, you should find mentors who can do for your career what mine have done for me.