納西姆•尼古拉斯•塔勒布(Nassim Nicholas Taleb),一生專注於研究運氣、不確定性、概率和知識。他既是文學隨筆傢,又是經驗主義者,又是理智的數理證券交易員,目前擔任阿姆赫斯特馬薩諸塞大學隨機科學係教授。他的上一本暢銷書《隨機緻富的傻瓜》(Fooled by Randomness)以20種語言齣版。大部分時候他生活在紐約。
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.
Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focused on generalities. We concentrate on things we already know and time and time again fail to take into consideration what we don’t know. We are, therefore, unable to truly estimate opportunities, too vulnerable to the impulse to simplify, narrate, and categorize, and not open enough to rewarding those who can imagine the “impossible.”
For years, Taleb has studied how we fool ourselves into thinking we know more than we actually do. We restrict our thinking to the irrelevant and inconsequential, while large events continue to surprise us and shape our world. Now, in this revelatory book, Taleb explains everything we know about what we don’t know. He offers surprisingly simple tricks for dealing with black swans and benefiting from them.
Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications The Black Swan will change the way you look at the world. Taleb is a vastly entertaining writer, with wit, irreverence, and unusual stories to tell. He has a polymathic command of subjects ranging from cognitive science to business to probability theory. The Black Swan is a landmark book–itself a black swan.
塔勒布喜欢说一个故事,关于黑天鹅的故事。17世纪的欧洲人们相信所有的天鹅都是白色的,这是牢不可破的信念。直到澳大利亚发现了黑天鹅,视野才重新打开。 黑天鹅的出现证明了我们的认知多么局限,黑天鹅的存在寓于着不可预测的重大事件,它在意料之外却又改变一切。 黑天...
評分我们预测30年后的社会保障赤字和石油价格,而没有认识到我们连明年夏天的情况都预测不了,我们在政治经济大事上的累积预测错误是如此巨大,以至于我每次看到这些记录时,都不得不掐一下自己以确定不是在做梦。令人吃惊的不是预测错误之大,而是我们对其毫无意识。在致命性冲突...
評分1,错过与遇见 “人类一思索,上帝就发笑。”自米兰•昆德拉赤裸裸地说破生活之真相起,我们就不得不在幻灭与重建的反复与轮回中深自徘徊。 较之《黑天鹅》,塔勒布的《随机致富的傻瓜》似乎名气更大一些。在书店翻过《随机致富的傻瓜》一两眼,但没有买,也许是...
評分塔勒布喜欢说一个故事,关于黑天鹅的故事。17世纪的欧洲人们相信所有的天鹅都是白色的,这是牢不可破的信念。直到澳大利亚发现了黑天鹅,视野才重新打开。 黑天鹅的出现证明了我们的认知多么局限,黑天鹅的存在寓于着不可预测的重大事件,它在意料之外却又改变一切。 黑天...
評分这是amazon上对这本书原版的评论(http://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Impact-Highly-Improbable/dp/1400063515/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210482280&sr=8-1),得到了四星的推荐,其中文版的推出本来是件好事,但令人惊奇的是从4.8到4.18有红袖添乱、vivian、孤独的旺财...
為瞭作業強行讀的一本書。有點為賦新詞強說愁的感覺。2018/1/6
评分his view is unique,
评分his view is unique,
评分為瞭作業強行讀的一本書。有點為賦新詞強說愁的感覺。
评分his view is unique,
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