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cmayes 's review for:
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
While the book covers some important topics and provides some solid insight, it takes far too long to make its points. Plus, the author is an arrogant blowhard who goes out of his way to disparage and insult broad classes of people. The book covers these points (among others):
* Some risk domains are hugely affected by outlier events
* Many self-proclaimed experts use models that diminish the importance of these events.
* These outliers cannot be predicted; the only reasonable approaches are to avoid them or to protect against them (insurance, options, etc.).
That's about all you need to know.
* Some risk domains are hugely affected by outlier events
* Many self-proclaimed experts use models that diminish the importance of these events.
* These outliers cannot be predicted; the only reasonable approaches are to avoid them or to protect against them (insurance, options, etc.).
That's about all you need to know.