Eric Case
San Francisco
A story about this — 5 years ago
(borrowing it from SteveJ)
(completed 2004/07/07)
Excellent book!
9 out of 9 people (100%) think this is worth consuming…
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life, First Edition
by Nassim Taleb
→ See this at Amazon.com
by Nassim Taleb
→ See this at Amazon.com
19 people have consumed this.
-
-
Worth consuming!
-
Worth consuming!
-
-
in Cork
-
Worth consuming!
-
-
in London -
in Ponca CityWorth consuming!
-
-
-
in SurreyWorth consuming!
→ See all 19 people who have consumed this
People consuming this are also consuming these items.
This item is on the following Lists of Bests lists
4 entries have been written about this.
Buster Benson
Seattle
A story about this — 6 years ago
WORTH CONSUMING!
This book explains exactly why felt so skeptical when reading “Built To Last”. It’s survivorship bias, one of many interesting ideas that Nassim explains well in this book.
A story about this — 6 years ago
I’ve read a couple of articles interviewing Nassim Taleb, and he seems fascinating. The world of derivatives is counterintuitive to me, and in fact actively frustrates me. I rebel against the notion of investing in anything so abstract—it’s akin to simple gambling. When you buy a stock, you can at least fool yourself that you understand the business you are investing in, but derivatives are divorced from any real product by several degrees. So I hope Taleb can enlighten me…
