Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a radical no-nonsense philosopher for our times. He has spent his life immersing himself in problems of luck, uncertainty, probability, and knowledge, and he has led three high-profile careers around his ideas, as a man of letters, as a businessman-trader, and as a university professor and researcher. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University's School of Engineering. He is the author of the 4-volume INCERTO (Antifragile, The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and The Bed of Procrustes). Taleb refuses all awards and honours as they debase knowledge by turning it into competitive sports.
A fascinating study of how we are regularly taken for suckers by
the unexpected
*Guardian*
Like the conversation of a raconteur ... hugely enjoyable -
compelling
*Financial Times*
It has altered modern thinking
*The Times*
Confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst,
George Soros and aspirant despot
*Sunday Times*
The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works
*Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow*
Great fun... brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious,
cajoling
*Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics*
The most prophetic voice of all
*GQ*
A fascinating study of how we are regularly taken for suckers by
the unexpected * Guardian *
Like the conversation of a raconteur ... hugely enjoyable -
compelling * Financial Times *
It has altered modern thinking * The Times *
Confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst,
George Soros and aspirant despot * Sunday Times *
The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works --
Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow
Great fun... brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious,
cajoling -- Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics
The most prophetic voice of all * GQ *
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