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When, along with applied systems scientist dr joe norman, we first reacted to coronavirus on 25 january with the publication of an academic note urging caution, the virus had reportedly infected fewer than 2,000 people worldwide and fewer than 60 people were dead. On robustness and fragility by nassim nicholas taleb. Download or stream the black swan by nassim nicholas taleb. In this video i will present my top 5 takeaways from the black swan, the bestselling book by the. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, taleb shows in a playful way that black swan events explain almost everything about our. A black swan is a highly improbable event with three. Yevgenias white swans 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. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark. Listen to black swan audiobook by nassim nicholas taleb. First, it is an outlier, as it lies outside the realm of regular expectations, because. Nassim nicholas taleb author, david chandler narrator.
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