Nassim Nicholas Taleb, one of the few contemporary philosophers who could challenge the two, already almost anchient, Kant and Nietsche, if they were still among us to articulate their stories. This Nassim Nicholas Taleb, or Taleb as we would address him from now on, finds relief in the world of hidden expectancies. Both academic and non-academic. Because, according to the famous honkbalcoach Yogi Berra, "in academica, there is no difference between the academic world and the real world; in the real world there is".