How long does it take to read Skin in the Game?
Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb takes about 5 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2017. 292 pages, about 80,300 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The phrase "skin in the game" is one we have often heard but have rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it's also an astonishingly complex worldview that, as Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows in this book, applies to literally all aspects of our lives. In his inimitable style, Taleb pulls on everything from Antaeus the Giant to Hammurabi to Donald Trump to Seneca to the ethics of disagreement to create a jaw-dropping tapestry for understanding our world in a brand new way. The phrase "skin in the game" means that you do not pay attention to what people say, only to what they do, and to how much of their necks they are putting on the line. This willingness to accept one's own risks is an essential attribute of people in all walks of life. Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about those who control our military, finances, religions, and so much more-- and shows how "skin in the game" applies to all aspects of our lives.
Subjects: Information asymmetry, Sociological aspects, Risk-taking (Psychology), Risk, Social aspects, Uncertainty (Information theory)
