The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Incerto #2

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

366 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction business economics philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. T...

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