The comfortable but potentially devastating lies we are told by others, and ourselves. The impact of the highly improbable is a 2007 book by author and former options trader nassim nicholas taleb. Taleb is a vastly entertaining writer, with wit, irreverence, and unusual stories to tell. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This article explains the background behind the black swan portfolio and how ive designed it in practice. May 30, 2017 this article explains the background behind the black swan portfolio and how ive designed it in practice.
The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Nassim nicholas taleb first made this argument in fooled by randomness, an engaging look at the history and reasons for our predilection for selfdeception when it comes to statistics. A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal. Taleb, please, feel free to reply in the comments below. The impact of the highly improbable, by thanking the reader for reading his book. My advice about reading these books is to read each of them more than once except fooled by randomness. Author nassim nicholas taleb discusses his theory about events he calls black swans occurrences that seem to be totally impossible. The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively.
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Apr 17, 2007 the black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Nassim nicholas taleb doesnt like to carry any debt. For nassim nicholas taleb, black swans underlie almost everythin a black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics. According to nassim nicolas taleb, a black swan event is a lowprobability, highimpact event that is impossible to forecast or predict. Maverick thinker nassim nicholas taleb had an illustrious career on wall street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. A black swan event is a significant unexpected event that has huge consequences such as the banking collapse of 2008 or a terrorist attack such as 911.
Black swan author nassim nicholas taleb divides the world into three. But when dutch explorers finally saw black swans for the first time in western australia, the term. Rooted in the tradition of deep value investing, it is heavily influenced by great. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Bestselling author nassim nicholas taleb continues his exploration of randomness in his fascinating new book, the black swan, in which he examines the influence of highly improbable and unpredictable events that have massive impact. Nassim taleb, the polarizing author of bestselling books the black swan and antifragile. In what order should nassim nicholas talebs incerto series. Jun 02, 2008 a condensed guide to life from the bestselling author of the black swan, nassim nicholas taleb s the bed of procrustes is an invaluable collection of aphorisms navigate the modern world. The impact of the highly improbable audible audio edition. Black swan author nassim taleb has never, ever borrowed. The impact of the highly improbable by taleb, nassim nicholas 1st first edition hardcover2007 on. Nassim nicholas taleb is irritated, he told bloomberg television on march 31st, whenever the coronavirus pandemic is referred to as a black swan, the term he coined for an unpredictable, rare. Taleb has made his living and a small fortune, now transformed into a large fortune by the 2008 market in an unusual way by financial speculation in contexts where he spots a small chance of making a very large gain. Chris anderson, editor in chief of wired, author of the long tail. He has a polymathic command of subjects ranging from cognitive science to business to probability theory. Gq praise for the black swan a book that altered modern thinking. There isnt a great deal to say about black swan events once youve defined them other than that theres not much you can do to prevent them as they are unpredictable. Taleb is the author of the black swan, the book about, as the subtitle puts it, the impact of the highly improbable.
I read antifragile first, followed by black swan, bed of procrustes and did not finish fooled by randomness. The author of the black swan, a book about risk and probability. Taleb called friedmans book the world is flat very bad for society. May 21, 2007 author nassim nicholas taleb discusses his theory about events he calls black swans occurrences that seem to be totally impossible. His book is hard reading and people are either going to like this book or hate it. A black swan is a surprising or virtually unpredictable event that can have a massive impact. Nassim taleb s observation, in his book the black swan, is that, after the fact, we concoct a narrative to explain it.
Mar 24, 2008 author nassim nicholas taleb discusses his book, the black swan in relation to predicting the future, learning from the consequences of the unknown, and the power of randomness. The black swan by nassim nicholas taleb penguin books. His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve most influential books since world war ii. Sep 28, 2016 nassim taleb calls an event a black swan if its unpredictable not because its random, but because our outlook on whats possible was too narrow. The black swan 2007 helps us better understand unpredictable extreme events like the 911 attacks, rise of the internet, and stock market crashes. The black swan is a landmark bookitself a black swan.
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Nassim talebs black swan explained in this video youll learn about black swan theory, which the famous author and quant trader nassim taleb made popular. May 02, 2018 nassim talebs black swan explained in this video youll learn about black swan theory, which the famous author and quant trader nassim taleb made popular. Taleb is the author of the incerto, a five volume philosophical essay on uncertainty published between 2001 and 2018 of which the most known books are the black swan and antifragile. The impact of the highly improbable 01 by taleb, nassim nicholas isbn. The impact of the highly improbable he says we currently live in a world of opacity, where knowledge is overestimated and chance and uncertainty are underestimated. Nassim nicholas taleb is an uncompromizing nononsense thinker for our times. Apr 22, 2007 the hubris of predictions and our perpetual surprise when the notpredicted happens are themes of nassim nicholas talebs engaging new book, the black swan. Why are we so often unwilling to accept that life is unpredictable. The impact of the highly improbable by naseem nicholas taleb this books deal with the impact of extreme events, the outliers, unpredictable, unfathomable, rare and random episodes. May 11, 2010 praise for nassim nicholas taleb the most prophetic voice of all. The name stems from the fact that up until 1697, mankind believed all swans were white. In fact, the scholar and author of the black swan has never, ever borrowed a penny, he tells esquire.
The black swan author in praise of the risktakers the writer and former options trader. Author nassim nicholas taleb discusses his book, the black swan in relation to predicting the future, learning from the consequences of the unknown, and the power of randomness. Nassim nicholas taleb s treasure chest of a book and new york times bestseller, the black swan, explores the nature of unpredictable events of huge consequence. Nassim nicholas taleb, david chandler, recorded books.
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