Fooled by randomness : the hidden role of chance in life and in the markets
- 316 pages
- 12 hours of reading
This is a book about luck. More specifically, it is a book about how we perceive luck, twist it around and regard it as intention or purpose.
Incerto Series
This series delves into the profound role of randomness, uncertainty, and unpredictability in human affairs and financial markets. The author masterfully blends personal anecdotes with deep philosophical insights and mathematical concepts. Readers will explore how to navigate a world dominated by chance and understand our innate desire to impose order on chaos. It offers a thought-provoking exploration of risk, skepticism, and the true nature of reality.
Recommended Reading Order
The Black Swan
- 480 pages
- 17 hours of reading
From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life.
The Bed of Procrustes
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses Taleb's view of modern civilization's hubristic side effects--modifying humans to satisfy technology, blaming reality for not fitting economic models, inventing diseases to sell drugs, defining intelligence as what can be tested in a classroom, and convincing people that employment is not slavery
Antifragile
- 544 pages
- 20 hours of reading
"The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty, Antifragile is a revolutionary vision from one of the most subversive and important thinkers of our time
Skin in the game
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
How can a stubborn minority easily end up ruling? Should you take advice from a salesperson? Is the pope atheist? More than the foundation of risk management, skin in the game is an astonishingly complex worldview that, as Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows in this provocative book, applies to all aspects of our lives and drives history. In his inimitable style, he draws on everything from Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump to Seneca to the ethics of disagreement to how to buy a used car, to create a jaw-dropping tapestry for understanding this idea in a brand new way. Full of philosophical tales and practical stories, Skin in the Game offers a key rule to live by: do not do to others what you don't want them to do to you, with its practical extension: never take advice from someone who gives advice for a living
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Incerto Box Set
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
New York Times bestselling author Nassim Taleb's landmark Incerto series - Antifragile, The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, The Bed of Procrustes - gathered together for the first time, in a beautifully designed box set.
Incerto 1-5 Box Set
- 5 volumes
Nassim Taleb's five landmark bestselling books have changed the way millions see the world and think about uncertainty, chance, volatility, and risk. They can be read individually but are also written to complement each other and actually comprise a single work: The Incerto. This boxed set is newly designed and offers readers one of the most significant intellectual projects of our time.
The Black Swan. Fooled by Randomness (2 Books in 1)
- 682 pages
- 24 hours of reading
The hidden role of of chance in life and in the markets.The impact of the highly improbable
Die "Incerto-Reihe" von Nassim Nicholas Taleb, die die Werke "Der Schwarze Schwan", "Narren des Zufalls", "Antifragilität" und das "Kleine Handbuch für den Umgang mit Unwissen" umfasst, untersucht die Rolle von Glück, Unsicherheit und Risiko in einer komplexen Welt. Daniel Kahneman beschreibt Talebs Einfluss auf seine Weltsicht.
