The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $28.00
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...
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The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $28.00
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...
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