Ebook: The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Tags: Uncertainty (Information theory), Social aspects, Forecasting, SCIENCE, System Theory, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Operations Research, Incertitude (Théorie de l'information), Aspect social, Prévision, Teoria da informação (aspectos sociais), Cybernetik, Informationsteori, Framtidsfrågor, Framtidsstudier, Probabilities, Social sciences, Probability
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
- City: New York
- Edition: 2nd ed
- Language: English
- epub
Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random.
Abstract: Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random