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Taleb is the Only Place You'll Find This Line-of-Thinking
A more in-depth explanation of the Black Swan problem highlighted in Fooled By Randomness. Well worth the read for anyone involved in careers that deal with chance and randomness.
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"Taleb is a classic science denier, oscillating between anti-science and pseudo-intellectual arguments. When a scientist says something he likes, he misrepresents it to fit his narrative. When the scientific consensus is against him, he cries grand conspiracy theory or slanders the methods of sc Read more...
This guy is a genius, I really honored to even be able to read his book, he has alot of knowledge and I learned so much from this man.
For some reason I expected much more from this book. To me it didn't really give me much in respect with trading advice or technique. The book is also lengthy, but I definitely think the author didn't need 400 pages to say/explain what he said/explained. At times it was kind of boring and redundant Read more...
"This book was very entertaining and definitely influenced my way of thinking. That being said, the whole work was not completely relevant to trading and where it was, it tended to be redundant. The whole book can probably be boiled down to the single lesson of keeping in open mind. The difference t Read more...
"While reading Taleb's ""The Black Swan,"" I cannot be as excited as many of those who see this as a breath of fresh air, as a new way of looking at things. The central point being made by Taleb is quite on target; there are unpredictable events that can occur that simply cannot be anticipated or pr Read more...
Good read especially for those in academia. Not sure where it falls in place though with practicality, but overall great read.
Yes, overly verbose, vague terms and expressions. At the end of the day the idea of this book is powerful and even if it lacks truth-value; it opens your eyes towards a new way of looking at things. A must read in finance, economics, and also just at how the book affects psychology is intriguing. Read more...
"This is a great read and anyone in the world of finance would be wise taking a look at this book. I don't believe you necessarily need to read the book to get all the concepts. Instead, I recommend you take a look at an article or two about the book to get the gist of what you need to know. It'll s Read more...
"I could say a lot about the book in terms of how very clearly, he discusses the highly improbable events called the Black Swans, and how he intersperses the discussions with humor and great stories. But the bottom line is that the book was written and published in 2007 and he clearly predicted the Read more...
A more in-depth explanation of the Black Swan problem highlighted in Fooled By Randomness. Well worth the read for anyone involved in careers that deal with chance and randomness.
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