From the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, nassim nicholas taleb, a book on how some things actually benefit from disorder. As quoted by harris, only nasism taleb thinks nasism taleb a genius and maybe talebs most devout followers. The only way money is made is by selling books, speaking engagements, and. Keeping tabs on nassim taleb and the highly improbable. It was originally published in november 2016 including only the first four books. This book analyzes socalled black swansextremely unpredictable events that have massive impacts on human society.
Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. I have read the black swan and an currently reading anti fragile. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, and the bed of procrustes. Maverick thinker nassim nicholas taleb had an illustrious career on wall street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. Dont let nassim talebs tweets stop you from reading his. Hes brought up directly one time in order to be called a. The book is part of talebs five volume series, titled the incerto including fooled by randomness 2001, the black swan 20072010, the bed of procrustes 20102016, antifragile 2012, and skin in the game 2018.
Author of the end of faith, freewill, and other bestselling books. Sam harris on the indifference of mother nature nassim nicholas taleb on the irrelevance of probability chris anderson on the reality of global warming. The latter is the supposed aim of nonfiction, yet a target so few books reach. If, as socrates would have it, the only true knowledge is knowledge of ones own ignorance, then nassim nicholas taleb is the worlds greatest living teacher. Please vote and do not add books taleb has not explicitly recommended. If by genius, bullying actual geniuses on twitter and appropriating existing knowledge as his own, that is a pretty low bar for what constitutes genius. Nassim nicholas taleb is a lebaneseamerican essayist, scholar, statistician, and risk.
Bryan appleyard, a noted journalist, remarked the latter, and daniel kahneman, a nobel laureate, claims the former. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder. Sam harris discussed talebs bullying tactics and character in an ama. Nassim nicholas taleb books list of books by author. In this episode, jason staples returns and joins erik rostad to discuss book 36 of 52 from the 2019 reading list skin in the game by nassim taleb.
Fooled by randomness 2001, the black swan 20072010, the bed of procrustes 2010, antifragile 2012, and skin in the game 2018. He presents it sometimes as part of a triptych with his earlier works the black swan and antifragile, and at other times as a continuation. The book is part of talebs five volume series, titled the incerto including fooled by randomness 2001, the black swan 20072010, the bed of procrustes 20102016, antifragile 2012, and skin in the game. Skin in the game is nassim nicholas taleb s fifth book. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Is nassim talebs criticism of steven pinkers work fair. Nassim nicholas taleb book recommendations last addition june 2019. The best book i read last year was skin in the game, by investor and master of probability nassim nicholas taleb. In the black swan, taleb s second book for laypeople, he gives a full treatment to concepts briefly explored in his first book fooled by randomness. Nassims favorite literature books and essays nassim taleb. Things that gain from disorder, offers 61 reading recommendations in his own words.
In the black swan taleb outlined a problem, and in antifragile he offers a. Likewise with randomnessuncertaintychaos, you want to be able to use them, not to hide from them. Nassim nicholas taleb hits out at chinese printers censorship of his book. Fiction is a certain packaging of the truth, or higher truths. The better angels of our nature is a wonderful book insightful, carefully argued and gracefully written. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading antifragile. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Nassim nicholas taleb, whose book the black swan foreshadowed the 2008 global financial crisis, responded to elon musks tweet about what he called a. Dont let nassim talebs tweets stop you from reading his books. Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black swan. Even if you disagree, his books in the incerto collection, including fooled by randomness, the black swan and antifragile, are worth reading for the pure thrill. They discuss trump, immigration, jefrey epstein, nassim taleb, and much more.
Antifragile by nassim taleb things that gain from disorder wind extinguishes a candle but energises fire. The impact of the highly improbable, and fooled by randomness. Author nassim nicholas taleb discusses his book, the black swan in relation to predicting the future, learning from the consequences of the unknown, and the power of randomness. Things that gain from disorder if you have more than one reason to do something choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip, just dont do it. Taleb s note on keeping and rereading literature books. Taleb says musks comment on coronavirus panic being dumb. Nassim nicholas taleb is a lebanese american essayist, scholar, statistician, and risk analyst, whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. Most continue readingantifragile by nassim nicholas taleb. Indeed i find that there is more truth in proust, albeit it is officially fictional, than in the babbling analyses of the new york times that give us the illusions of understanding whats going on. The black swan is the second book in former options trader nassim nicholas taleb s fivevolume series on uncertainty. If you mean fair in the sense of judiciously weighting the entire work and indicating points of agreement and disagreement, then no.
Its true of all the authors whose books i enjoy taleb is the only one i. The black swan book summary by nassim nicholas taleb. I dont have a problem with going after sam harris, whose dronings have been longing for pushback, and who taleb calls a charlatan. Nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series is an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand, in nonoverlapping and standalone books. Sam harris takedown of nassim taleb is hilarious and true. Things that gain from disorder kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets, and more on. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an. Sure, nassim taleb recommending steven pinker is like the sun rising in the west.
If there is a book missing, please leave a comment with a reference. Discover book depositorys huge selection of nassim nicholas taleb books online. Nassim nicholas taleb s most popular book is the black swan. Explains how we missed the word antifragility in classrooms. Talebs five volume philosophical essay on uncertainty, titled the incerto, covers the following books. See all books authored by nassim nicholas taleb, including the black swan. Nassim nicholas taleb has 35 books on goodreads with 510447 ratings. Nassim taleb, the polarizing author of bestselling books the black swan and antifragile. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes.
Books by nassim nicholas taleb author of the black swan. Hidden asymmetries in daily life by nassim nicholas taleb. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Nassim nicholas taleb on selfeducation and doing the math on may 31, 2018 by admin in audio, podcasts though what taleb was really after was a discussion with bryan read that here, the philosopher, mathematician, and author most recently of skin in the game also generously agreed to a conversation with. I am often asked by journalists for a list of my favorite books i dont know what favorite means for a journalist.
Found his thought s on religion rather interesting ie following fasting rules due to possible breakthrough benefits was wondering what this communities thoughts where on him as a podcast guest. Obsessive love is the most antifragile thing outside of economics. Atheists and the stock market nassim nicholas taleb. As donald trump said the facts are true, the news is fake ironically at a press conference in which he suffered the same selective reporting as my rsa event. Nassim nicholas taleb spent twentyone years as a risk taker before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical, and mostly practical problems with probability. There are two places i was able to put together a nassim taleb reading list. He is most well know for his books the black swan, fooled by randomness. Summary of sam harris appearance on the portal, hosted by eric weinstein. The books of sanction i the black swan, nassim nicholas. Not all swans are white, and not all events, no matter what the experts think, are predictable.