Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What’s inside
Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses the profound impact of rare, unpredictable events which he terms ‘Black Swans’ and how they shape our world.
You’ll Learn
- Understanding the limitations of predictions
- Recognizing the significance of rare events
- Improving decision-making under uncertainty
- Gaining insights into market and global risks
Key Points
- Our blindness to Black Swans
- The retrospective distortion
- The world is too complex for simple stories
- Non-scalable and scalable professions
- The ludic fallacy and the uncertainty of knowledge
- Grey Swans and robustness against negative events
Who’s it For
- Statisticians
- Economists
- Philosophers
- Market Analysts
- Risk Managers
- General Non-fiction Readers
About the author
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a scholar, statistician, former trader, and risk analyst, known for his work on probability and uncertainty.