Nassar Taleb — Insights https://nassartaleb.com/insights Analysis of attraction, power dynamics, and strategic masculinity — by Nassar Taleb, author of How to Manipulate Beautiful Women. en-us Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 10080 https://nassartaleb.com/images/book-mockup.png Nassar Taleb https://nassartaleb.com Why You Should Believe in Spiritual Attacks — and Why You Don't https://nassartaleb.com/insights/spiritual-attacks https://nassartaleb.com/insights/spiritual-attacks The average straight man is so ignorant about metaphysical matters that it borders on the clinically bizarre. That's not rhetorical exaggeration — it's a diagnosis. Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Strategy hello@nassartaleb.com (Nassar Taleb) Why Every Man Is Attracted to Young, Beautiful Women (And Why That's OK) https://nassartaleb.com/insights/why-men-like-young-beautiful-women https://nassartaleb.com/insights/why-men-like-young-beautiful-women Men from age 16 to 80 don't change — they will always choose, within their range of options, the youngest and most beautiful women available. It's not a fetish. It's evolutionary calibration for fertility. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Biology & Evolution hello@nassartaleb.com (Nassar Taleb) The First Date Is a Farce — Here's What to Do Instead https://nassartaleb.com/insights/first-date-is-a-farce https://nassartaleb.com/insights/first-date-is-a-farce The first date as most men imagine it — two people getting to know each other honestly — doesn't exist. What exists is an information-gathering asymmetry that you need to understand before you walk in. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Strategy hello@nassartaleb.com (Nassar Taleb) The Age Map: How Women's Strategy Shifts Across Their Reproductive Window https://nassartaleb.com/insights/female-age-strategy https://nassartaleb.com/insights/female-age-strategy Women don't change what they want. They change what they can get. That's the entire age map in one sentence. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Behavioral Analysis hello@nassartaleb.com (Nassar Taleb) Kind Women vs. Arrogant Women: Know the Difference and Brace Yourself https://nassartaleb.com/insights/kind-vs-arrogant-women https://nassartaleb.com/insights/kind-vs-arrogant-women The arrogant one will make you question your sanity every week until you finally walk away. The kind one will make you question the exit for years after you already left. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Behavioral Analysis hello@nassartaleb.com (Nassar Taleb)