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Fooled by Randomness

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The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

I've yet to finish this book.  Oh, I have read it from cover to cover.  At least 5 times.  But, I'm still not finished. I don't think I ever will. 

This is one of those books that stays on your nightstand, in that place on your desk near the dictionary, that prominent place on the bookshelf reserved for books that just need to be see from anywhere in the room.

It's one of those books that accompanies you to those fast-food, eat-in-the-car lunches, times in some waiting room somewhere, even into the can. 

It's also one of those books I never, ever loan out.  I'd rather buy you your own copy, thanks. 

This book changed the way I think...about everything.  And, I'm 95% sure it'll change yours too.  (<-- you'll need to read the book to get this inside joke).

 

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Home and Professional Page
"My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves & thequality of their knowledge too seriously & those who don't have the guts to sometimes say: I don't know...." (You may not be able to change the worldbut can at least get some enter

What's It All About?

...answered on the back of the US paperback version...

...here is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. This book is about luck: more precisely, about how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill --- the markets --- Fooled by Randomness is an irreverent, iconoclastic, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining multidisciplinary exploration of one of the least understood forces in all of our lives.

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  • mnriver Jun 17, 2008 @ 7:31 pm | delete
    hmm
  • MeganCasey Mar 1, 2007 @ 4:22 pm | delete
    great book! nice lens.
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