The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Category: Business/Psychology/Philosophy

Rating: 3.83/5

Pages: 480

About the Book:
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb explores the powerful impact of rare and unpredictable events on our lives, society, business, and the way we understand the world. Taleb, a Lebanese-American scholar, essayist, former trader, and renowned thinker in probability and risk, examines why people often underestimate uncertainty and assume that the future can be predicted from the past. The book develops the idea of a “Black Swan” — an unexpected event with major consequences that, after it happens, people often try to explain as if it had been predictable all along. Through examples from finance, history, science, psychology, and everyday life, Taleb challenges conventional ideas about prediction and encourages readers to think differently about randomness, uncertainty, risk, and the limits of human knowledge.