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The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2007, Hardcover)
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Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 2007-04-17
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1400063515
ISBN-13: 9781400063512
Product ID: EPID56992376
Description: In this irreverent, yet scholarly work, a financial trader and philosopher contends that a deeper understanding of world events comes from paying close attention to impactful statistical improbabilities he refers to as "black swans," by ...
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As much as Taleb would have us believe that he is a "practicioner" rather than an "academician" he is no man of the people! This book is not written in plain English and has more academic name-dropping in it than any philosophical treatise I've ever read.
That being said, there are some really interesting insights in this book, you just have to wade through lots of babel to get to them. The other thing that annoyed me is that except for the very august and respectable (heavy sarcasm) world of trading, Taleb expresses disdain for just about every other profession there is. Thank goodness he calls to task such low-life organizations and concepts as the Nobel Institute and Gaussian probability!!
If you've got a ton of time on your hands, this book might be worth it. Otherwise, I think there are other ways to learn the same concepts.
That being said, there are some really interesting insights in this book, you just have to wade through lots of babel to get to them. The other thing that annoyed me is that except for the very august and respectable (heavy sarcasm) world of trading, Taleb expresses disdain for just about every other profession there is. Thank goodness he calls to task such low-life organizations and concepts as the Nobel Institute and Gaussian probability!!
If you've got a ton of time on your hands, this book might be worth it. Otherwise, I think there are other ways to learn the same concepts.
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