“ People focus on role models; It is more effective to find antimodels – people you don’t want to resemble when you grow up.” - Taleb

Creativity, Technology and Culture of openness – Key to Renaissance story http://mitworld.mit.edu/flash/player/Main.swf?host=cp58255.edgefcs.net&flv=mitw-01375-school-of-sci-simons-math-09dec2010&preview=http://mitworld.mit.edu//uploads/mitwstill01375schoolofscisimonsmath09dec2010.jpg

Lebesgue Integration is usually introduced in either one of the two ways , in most of the books. Either using measure theory OR skipping measure theory altogether and using approximating functions like step functions, monotone functions etc. The second approach is usually taken so that one can actually understand all the concepts of Lebesgue integral with out going through measure theory. However that approach would make it difficult for a reader to connect Lebesgue Integral and concepts relating to stochastic processes.

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How superb to become wise with out being boring; how sad to be boring with out being wise - Taleb