The Black Swan sounds like a promising title for a swashbuckling pirate saga. Johnny Depp is nowhere in sight. But the financial analyst and investor Nassin N. Taleb offers a contraian look at the meaning of success and the tendency mistaking skill with luck. A phenomena which leads to making all sorts of false assumptions about the nature of reality, from the color of swans to accurate predictions of financial markets. ( Salon)
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Jumping Ship with the Black Swan
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Posted on: June 16, 2007 4:58 PM, by EJGili
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