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

15 hours, 48 minutes first pub 2007 (editions) user-added

nonfiction business economics philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? And, why should you never run ...

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