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works: The black swan
By statement: Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Language: English
Edition: 1st ed.
Pagination: xxviii, 366 p. :
ISBN 13: 9781400063512
LCCN: 2006051093
Dewey: 003/.54
LC: Q375 .T35 2007
Subject: Uncertainty (Information theory) — Social aspects
Forecasting
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-358) and index.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

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 astonishing 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 personal lives.



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