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Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill, the world of trading, this audiobook is a captivating insight into one of the least understood factors of all our lives. In an entertaining narrative style, the author succeeds in tackling three major intellectual issues: the problem of induction, the survivorship biases, and our genetic unfitness to the modern word. Taleb uses stories and anecdotes to illustrate our overestimation of causality and the heuristics that make us view the world as far more explainable than it actually is.
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What the critics say
"An articulate, wise, and humorous meditation on the nature of success and failure that anyone who wants a little more of the former would do well to consider." (Amazon.com)
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- Arrjun Asokan
- 2023-01-26
Great book
There are few books you have to and want to read again and again. This is one
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- kamran chassebi
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Fact check
I am not an investor but find Nasim’s books insetting. I listen or read his books and try to use my leading and improve my thinking process and my personal life.
In one of the chapters he mentioned Al Ghazli as an Arab philosopher.He was Persian born in the city of Tus, in Khorasan province of Iran. He could refer to home as Arab speaking Philosopher from Iran or at that time Persia.
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A book about the obvious ...
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- Claude, Calgary
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Great book
I love the way Nassim Taleb thinks and the way he tells his stories. I will eventually read all his book.
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- Rob Gott
- 2018-03-28
Recommended for the business coincious
Good read. insightful discussion. found that it provided good examples and interesting personal anecdotes to support arguments.
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- Tom Dean
- 2019-02-24
Crazy fun book
Not what I expected. Thoroughly enjoyable book that challenged my preconceptions about who wins in business.
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- Lululu
- 2020-10-21
Harsh, brutal, but Brilliant and funny
If you have the patience to listen to his repetitive stories, showing off his knowledge and life styles, insults across many different reputable professions, and random personal feelings, this book will offer you something deep to think about and some funny bits to laugh out loud.
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- Wells Cushnie
- 2022-11-15
brilliant set of pseudorandom rambling
I disagree with some of the conclusions discussed and suspect that the author is pompous and annoying in person. But the book is great for stimulating thought around many topics and is very enjoyable. Actually listened to it twice!
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- Amitabh Datta
- 2023-07-19
Good read, complicated at times
Author’s summary are good to highlight the point, because at times I felt lost in the details.
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- Alexandr
- 2022-11-14
Too much bla bla bla
This book is tremendously hard to listen. Neither it carries any knowledge of anything that can be applied in your life. I’ve been fooled by marketing buying this book.
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