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The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty. Mar 22, 20 but to nassim taleb, it is not antifragile. The black swan quotes by nassim nicholas talebpage 3 of 16. The black swan pdf summary nassim nicholas taleb 12min. The black swan by nassim nicholas taleb is a philosophical treatment of talebs research on highly improbable, highimpact events. Nassim taleb looks at the impact and human psychology of extreme events. Our 10minute summary gives you the important details you need.
Nassim nicholas taleb has devoted his life to immersing himself in problems of luck, uncertainty. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, taleb shows that black swan events underlie almost everything about our world. Maverick thinker nassim nicholas taleb had an illustrious career on wall street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. Nassim taleb calls an event a black swan if its unpredictable not because its random, but because our outlook on whats possible was too narrow. Nassim talebs observation, in his book the black swan, is that, after the fact, we concoct a narrative to. Once upon a time there was a clever young financial professional called nassim. Sep 28, 2016 nassim taleb calls an event a black swan if its unpredictable not because its random, but because our outlook on whats possible was too narrow.
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May 21, 2007 author nassim nicholas taleb discusses his theory about events he calls black swans occurrences that seem to be totally impossible. May 11, 2010 praise for nassim nicholas taleb the most prophetic voice of all. The impact of the highly improbable 1st by taleb, nassim nicholas isbn. Black swan world of financial markets, book sales, and death by terrorism. Black swan author nassim nicholas taleb divides the world into three. His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve most influential books since world war ii.
But when dutch explorers finally saw black swans for the first time in western australia, the term. Stop looking the gift horse in the mouthremember that you are a black swan. Nassim nicholas taleb, expert on risk and randomness, discusses the black swan. Nassim nicholas taleb first made this argument in fooled by randomness, an engaging look at the history and reasons for our predilection for selfdeception. In the authors point of view, a black swan is an improbable event with three principal characteristics it is unpredictable. What is the difference between the book fooled by randomness. The impact of the highly improbable is a 2007 book by author and former options trader nassim nicholas taleb. Fast and slow by daniel kahneman the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by. Nassim taleb, universa investments scientific advisor and distinguished professor of risk engineering at nyu, warned of an acute virus spreading throughout the planet in his 2007 book the black swan. Dont be like the ingrate who got a castle as a present and worried about the mildew in the bathroom. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. The impact of the highly improbable by taleb, nassim nicholas 1st first edition hardcover2007.
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