The Black Swan
Second Edition
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Discover the power of Black Swan events with this thought-provoking and revolutionary book. Through playful and engaging writing, the author explains why Black Swan events have such massive consequences, despite their perceived improbability. This second edition includes a new essay that provides tools to better understand and navigate the complexity of a Black Swan world.
Publish Date
2007-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
2007-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads rating
3.95
ISBN
0000141034599
Recommendations
11
Recommendations
2001-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Store-Jeff-Bezos-Amazon/dp/B00FJFJOLC/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Everything+Store%3A+Jeff+Bezos+and+the+Age+of+Amazon&qid=1580984952&s=books&sr=1-1This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading. – source
2020-08-17T20:01:34.000Z
Read Ryan's list of 42 books that will change your life for the better—all described in one sentence. – source2019-01-17T13:10:36.000Z
@hamporter36 @FWIWmacro Soros on Soros, Manias Crashes and Panics, Market Wizards, Lords of Finance, The House of Money, Investment Biker, The New Silk Roads, When Genius Failed, The Black Swan, John Murphy Technical Analysis of the financial markets, This Time is Different – source2022-12-19T19:45:34.000Z
@dvassallo Great book. The entire series by Taleb is game changing stuff for thinking and perspectives. – source2020-08-25T09:42:03.000Z
My life at this point has been about looking for human behavior patterns. Black Swan as a book, jarred me into consciousness. I realized that the real patterns to look for are those rare ones with outsize impact. I started looking back at Black Swans in my life. – source2021-07-02T13:00:19.000Z
'Black Swan' by @nntaleb is the best book I've ever read on explaining the power of our relationship to uncertainty.
A #Rethink masterpiece! – source