02 - Alternative Histories - Importance of the unobservable

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In this episode, Bhaskar talks about a mental model called Alternative Histories, a term coined by the author Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book Fooled By Randomness. We'll also look at the case of Google and Indian Independence and the alternative histories in these.

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02 - Alternative Histories - Importance of the unobservable

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