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A black swan is a highly improbably event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes the event appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black sContinue
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- Paperback 300 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0812979184
- ISBN-13: 9780812979183
- Publisher: Random House
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
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This book is a bit harder to follow than Taleb's last effort. He presents most of his concepts in short understandable snippets, but they do not always flow together easily. Ironically, he refers repeatedly about "missing the forest for the trees", while the writing style in this book lends itsel ... (continue)
This book is a bit harder to follow than Taleb's last effort. He presents most of his concepts in short understandable snippets, but they do not always flow together easily. Ironically, he refers repeatedly about "missing the forest for the trees", while the writing style in this book lends itself to that predicament for the reader.
That said, the concepts do flow together well in the end, and mulling over Taleb's views of life's dynamics is a very refreshing exercise in thought. Big thumbs up for the concept and ideas, only one thumb up for the style in which they are presented.
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