The Black Swan

Name: The Black Swan
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Exploration of unpredictable rare events and their outsized impact on the world

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Lebanese-American essayist and trader whose The Black Swan argued that rare, high-impact events dominate history and are predictable only in hindsight. Antifragile extended this to systems that benefit from disorder. His aphoristic style and contempt for academic economics have made him one of the most provocative thinkers of his era.

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