Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Black Swan (2008, Penguin Books, Limited)

English language

Published Nov. 18, 2008 by Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-14-188923-8
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Review of 'The Black Swan' on 'Goodreads'

He describes a few interesting ideas but presents them in a a manner which has very little appeal to me, with lots of flash and subjectivity. I just got tired of feeling manipulated by the silly writing style and wanted to pick a fight with the author after a certain point. Stories about financial markets have lost a lot of their luster after the crash of 2008, also. As much as I failed to enjoy the experience of reading this, I did learn a few things in the course of reading it, so my rating is higher than my emotional attachment would support.

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Subjects

  • Forecasting
  • Uncertainty (information theory)