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kennonstewart 's review for:
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I did not like this book. At first I had high hopes. And then I reduced my expectations. By the last quarter of the book, I was just crawling toward the finish line.
My biggest issue? The lack of logic that guides Taleb's thinking. A book on probability and statistics doesn't have to be an AP Stats textbook. That being said, I expected some sense of mathematical logic to the assumptions Taleb was making. It was moreso him taking popular stats concepts and applying them to the world of business and (worse) politics. The result was less than thrilling.
Many men in the world of business have read this book and gone on to quote it in boardrooms the world over. It's why I continue to distrust both men and corporations.
My biggest issue? The lack of logic that guides Taleb's thinking. A book on probability and statistics doesn't have to be an AP Stats textbook. That being said, I expected some sense of mathematical logic to the assumptions Taleb was making. It was moreso him taking popular stats concepts and applying them to the world of business and (worse) politics. The result was less than thrilling.
Many men in the world of business have read this book and gone on to quote it in boardrooms the world over. It's why I continue to distrust both men and corporations.