The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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Fri Jul 18 18:08:44 UTC 2008
Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb said
Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order…we take what we know a little too seriously.
Fri Jul 18 18:08:25 UTC 2008
Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb said
Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.
serendipty
This book is a must-read. It's a literary crash course on the uncertainty in economics, science, politics, and philosophy, all rolled into one.
see my review here:
http://coolmel.gaia.com/blog/2008/3/review_the_black_swan