Risk · 13 min
The Black Swan: The Tyranny of Predictability
By Nassim Taleb
This episode dissects Nassim Taleb's 'The Black Swan,' exploring how rare, high-impact events fundamentally shape our world and why our innate desire for certainty often blinds us to true randomness.
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Risk
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13 min
What it is about
risk, uncertainty, probability
Who it is for
The strategist, investor, or leader who intuits that conventional risk models are dangerously flawed will find a powerful framework for making decisions in a world governed by extreme, unpredictable events.
The author
As a former options trader turned philosophical essayist, Nassim Taleb combines decades of high-stakes market experience with deep erudition to expose the fallacies of modern risk management.
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