A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own lives.
Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications The Black Swan will change the way you look at the world.
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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The success of
Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own lives.
Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications
The Black Swan will change the way you look at the world.
Read more Books Review.
