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And why do we always ignore the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur. His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve most. The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively. Praise for nassim nicholas taleb the most prophetic voice of all. Taleb was a former trader who now conducts academic research in probability theory. What is the difference between the book fooled by randomness. The impact of the highly improbable nassim nicholas taleb. Nassim nicholas taleb, born in 1960, spends most of his time as a flaneur, meditating in cafes across the planet. Societe generale even releases a quarterly chart of black s wan risks. The book essentially consists of him verbosely repeating over and over the same few no shit concepts, which anyone applying some basic critical thinking understand.
He is the owner of a large personal library containing thirty thousand books, and separates visitors into two categories. May 21, 2007 author nassim nicholas taleb discusses his theory about events he calls black swans occurrences that seem to be totally impossible. I want to make the nobel accountable, taleb said today in an interview in london. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. The black swan by nassim nicholas taleb 2007 jvalamalini. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets paperback. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. The impact of the highly improbable enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
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