The Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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English language

Published May 31, 2007 by Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-84614-045-7
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3 stars (1 review)

From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life.

17 editions

reviewed The black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Thought it might be my cup of tea, but it isn't

3 stars

I think I just don't like the narrative style. There's interesting things said, great concepts, but the tone, the stories, the framing with anecdotes just makes it a bit of a drag to read. I was on a pop-science reading trip, rattling through half a dozen books in a month until I crashed to a halt with Black Swan and now every time I look at it, I reach for some Scots poetry instead. This book hasn't turned me off pop-science, its just making it hard to go on.

Subjects

  • Uncertainty (information theory)
  • Forecasting