A black swan event is both unpredictable and extraordinary. Reading guide for black swan green by david mitchell. A bit bitter for those who are unfamiliar with the black swan brand of uncertainty, yet disconcertingly alerting for those who have encountered this rare blend. A black swan event is a significant unexpected event that has huge consequences such as the banking collapse of 2008 or a terrorist attack such as 911. Taleb has made his living and a small fortune, now transformed into a large fortune by the 2008 market in an unusual way by financial speculation in contexts where he spots a small chance of making a very large gain. Pick up the key ideas in the book with this quick summary.
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The first date of the black swan book club is saturday, june th and the title will be announced may 2nd. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Ruby the bookstore cat, ed, mary, valentin, christy, danny, lauren, maggie, emma, audrey and sean. The central idea of this book concerns our blindness with respect to randomness, particularly the large deviations. White swan, black swan mixes together real life ballet figures, such as alexander godunov, margot fonteyn, and george balanchine, with entirely fictional creations. This book is about statistics, probability, and how we often falsely use those to estimate the likelihood of reallife events. The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively. However, if youre offended by conservative principles and references to scripture, this book might not be. In the authors point of view, a black swan is an improbable event with three principal characteristics it is unpredictable. Best believe in not letting this slide, whether i have to go there myself or. This book club will take place on saturday, june th.
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Maverick thinker nassim nicholas taleb had an illustrious career on wall street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. The black swan by nassim nicholas taleb summary notes complete game changer in thinking about sudden, unexpected events. Nina fits the white swan role perfectly but lily is the personification of the black swan. Picking up from the first part, farming turned otherwise highly social. Housed in a beautifullyrestored 1930s landmark, the black swan is a stunning anomaly in its businesscentric setting. Finally scheduled a day, but i missed my it cuz i had a hectic day, and now theyre ignoring my messages. Chris anderson, editor in chief of wired, author of the long tail. Katrina, black swan examples include 911, the 2008 credit crisis and the bp gulf oil spill in 2010. Not all swans are white, and not all events, no matter what the experts think, are predictable. Has the black swan by nassim nicholas taleb been sitting on your reading list. Taleb is the author of a multivolume essay, the incerto the black swan, fooled by randomness, antifragile, and skin in the game an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human.
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