![]() ![]() That counter-instance can be game-changing, as when the Thanksgiving turkey discovers that today he is not going to be fed but instead slaughtered. Taleb wants to convince us of the importance of the truly unpredictable in some of the most important areas of our life.Īpparently well-confirmed generalisations ("All Swans are White") can be upset by a single counter-instance, a pesky Black Swan. ![]() Maybe some other time I will tackle the second edition material (pages 305 - 379). This took me to page 300, by which time I had exhausted my enthusiasm for this bar-room brawl of a book. I took on the The Black Swan in the 2010 Revised edition but I only read the first edition material. ![]()
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