![]() ![]() ![]() And just as Taleb’s own wide range of interests suggest – he is in every respect a renaissance man covering topics from philosophy via trading to statistics – this book is a sheer delight in multi-disciplinary analysis. As the title suggests, “The Black Swan” attempts to explain why we always seem to be unprepared for the improbable. However, many other outstanding quotes could be drawn from this book, which as a whole is permeated with Taleb’s sardonic wit, making highly complex matters rather entertaining. This rather frisk statement could stand as a motto describing both the style as well as the content of the whole book “The Black Swan”, which was originally published in 2007, and re-published with a new extensive post-script in 2010. “Science is about not being a sucker” (Taleb 2010, p.268). ![]()
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