Not as overbearingly arrogant as others claim; in fact, often very self depreciating.More seriously, his writing style is terribly confusing, made worse by my own unfamiliarity with the subject and his insistence on personal jargon standing in for concepts. Very anectdotal as well as making use of ...
This is a book about the perils of real life randomness that don't fit within neat distributions such as the bell curve. The author explains his insight in a wandering narrative spiced with enough personal autobiography, criticism of nobel laureates, and even fictional characters to hold the reader'...
A brash and at times almost hysterical tirade against those who take no account of, or leave no room for, improbabilities in their forecasting. This Levantine says that we are being lied to every time someone puts before us a prediction that starts ‘By 2015 we shall….’ Or ‘The cost of oil will rise ...
I don’t know enough about statistics or science to understand most of this book, but it didn’t really matter; I loved how Taleb turns statistics on its head and watches how it tries to keep standing. From this book away these big thoughts: You think they won’t, but black swans will happen. No one w...
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