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Nassim Nicholas Taleb brings his unique point of view to the reader in his challenging but entertaining book, The Black Swan. This is not a light summer read. Expect to be challenged to think deeply about the course of events in the world.
A black swan is an event that 1) is unexpected and highly unlikely, nearly inconceivable; 2) has an extreme impact; 3) and in its aftermath we attempt to reconstruct it and explain how it could have been predicted. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were a black swan.
You can’t really prepare for a black swan, other than to expect the unexpected.
Taleb is unafraid of stepping on toes, challenging Platonic assumptions and at times is laugh-out-loud funny. So go ahead, intrepid explorer: Learn more about The Black Swan and its author.
