Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
The book will change the way you think about business and the world. It is all about luck: more precisely, how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences.
The book will change the way you think about business and the world. It is all about luck: more precisely, how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141031484 (0141031484)
Publish date: May 3rd 2007
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 316
Edition language: English
Taleb would have done himself a favor by placing part III at the front of the book, then proceed to call everyone out. I am reminded of this scene in patch Adams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNN6FI1Gcr8Just because you are an intellectual, doesn't mean you have to be a jerk to make a point.
Interesting thought exercise - challenges how you think about every statistic you hear from now on.The book seemed to deal fairly with every topic and person covered. Some criticize the book for not providing enough "hard science", but that's part of the point of the book: "hard science" isn't bein...
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