fionasongbird 's review for:

The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a New Section: On Robustness and Fragility by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

4.0

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Very thought-provoking book, though I'd be lying if I said I understood all of it. (Though I did understand most of it.) Taleb's insights into the randomness of our lives are both compelling and disturbing, since they leave us with lots of questions about how we're supposed to prepare for a future we can't predict. I was going to give this book 3 stars, since it's a bit of a slog and sometimes meandering, but went with 4 stars since few authors have the guts to tackle these questions honestly.