If they’d had to fight or send one of their kids to the front line, maybe they would have acted differently. George W Bush and Tony Blair had no skin in the game when they went to war against Iraq and have completely messed up the entire world as a result. Say, what you like about Adolf – and the man did have his faults – but at least he was prepared to top himself when everything went tits up. They were men putting their bodies on the line. Time was when leaders would actually lead their countries into battle. None of these guys have any skin in the game. There’s only room for one genius round here and that’s me. Who are the worst offenders? Politicians, advisers, middle managers, university lecturers, architects and every liberal pinko you’ve ever met. This book is 25% probability theory, 25% classical anecdotes, 25% stating the bleeding obvious, and 25% complete bullshit. That way we’ve both got skin in the game. So I’m going to level with you right from the start. It’s about understanding who to trust and who to avoid. First, though, a word about what this book is. What is skin in the game? It’s having skin in the game. That’s because they have no skin in the game.
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