• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review

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  • Length: 33 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (46 ratings)

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The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Key Takeaways, Analysis, and Review

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The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a philosophical treatment of Taleb's research on highly improbable, high-impact events. These events, which Taleb calls "Black Swans", are so improbable that they are unpredictable. However, pundits and scholars are often inclined to fit such extreme events into a causal narrative after the fact, in order to make history appear more organized....

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Fascinating insight, but boring listen.

The thumbnail instaread is probably all you need, unless you are in finance or science, although the insight itself is worthy of thought on your own.

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