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This is an interesting read which is very abstract in nature. Nassim nicholas taleb sees worse tail risks than in 2007. Trumps defeat of hillary clinton in the presidential election was not a black swan event. The impact of the highly improbable is a 2007 book by author and former options trader nassim nicholas taleb. This thinking can make many black swans into gray swans ie. In hardcover, this book became a surprise bestseller.
Chris anderson, editor in chief of wired, author of the long tail idiosyncratically brilliant. Talebs interests lie at the intersection of philosophy, mathematics, finance, literature. The impact of the highly improbable 2007, taleb, nassim traductor. Nassim nicholas taleb, the man who popularized the black swan concept, says that donald j. I am sure i am going to dislike nassim nicholas taleb.
Our overreliance on methods that appeal to our intuition at the expense of accuracy, our basic inability to understand and define randomness, and even our biology itself all contribute to poor decision making, and sometimes to black swans events thought to be impossible. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 401 pages and is available in hardcover format. His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve most. Opinionated, curious and hugely entertaining, the black swan. Black swan events were discussed by nassim nicholas taleb in his 2001. The black swan by nassim nicholas taleb, 9780141034591, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In his books on the importance of the improbable fooled by randomness and the black swan.
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