![]() ![]() The audiobook is populated with an array of characters, some of whom have grasped, in their own way, the significance of chance: Yogi Berra, the baseball legend Karl Popper, the philosopher of knowledge Solon, the ancient world's wisest man the modern financier George Soros and the Greek voyager Ulysses. ![]() 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. 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. 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 its second edition, Fooled by Randomness is now a cornerstone for anyone interested in random outcomes. ![]() It is already a landmark work and its title has entered our vocabulary. This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |