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His current focus is on the properties of systems that can handle disorder ("antifragile").*Scott Patterson (<a href="https://twitter.com/pattersonscott?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pattersonscott</a>) is an investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal, currently based in Washington DC, working on climate and energy policy. His new book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Kings-Street-Traders-Billions/dp/1982179937/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis</a>, a profile of the rise of “black-swan traders,” such as Nassim Taleb and Mark Spitznagel, as well as a survey of the many perils the world faces today—and how we might fix them.Scott has covered everything from Berkshire Hathaway to stock exchanges to high-speed traders to the financial regulators. 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