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The central idea of this book concerns our blindness with respect to randomness, particularly the large deviations. I was deeply enthralled by nassim nicholas talebs depth of erudition and wisdom concerning the philosophy of uncertainty. Nassim nicholas talebs the black swan leaves giles foden feeling underwhelmed by its theories of improbability. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Read the black swan, second edition pdf by nassim nicholas taleb random house audio listen to the black swan, second edition. Fooled by randomness, the black swan, the bed of procrustes, antifragile paperback nov 15 2016. The black swan glides through deep philosophical discussions and clever humor as effortlessly as its namesake. Maverick thinker nassim nicholas taleb had an illustrious career on wall street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. Chris anderson, editor in chief of wired, author of the long tail. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The black swan explains why we are so bad at predicting the future, and how unlikely events dramatically change our lives if they do happen, as well as what you can do to become better at expecting the unexpected. Gain a full understanding of the key ideas in the black swan by nassim nicholas taleb. The black swan book summary by nassim nicholas taleb.
The black swan is a landmark book itself a black swan. Mediocristan is where we must endure the tyranny of the collective, the routine, the obvious, and the predicted. Of lebanese or, as he preferred, levantine descent but working in new york, he was an option. Not all swans are white, and not all events, no matter what the experts think, are predictable. This book analyzes socalled black swansextremely unpredictable events that have massive impacts on human society. The hubris of predictions and our perpetual surprise when the notpredicted happens are themes of nassim nicholas talebs engaging new book, the black swan. Black swan author nassim taleb says covid19 pandemic not.
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