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The black swan : the impact of the highly imp...
Inbunden bok. New York : Random House. 2007. 366 sidor.
Nära nyskick. Taleb delivers a groundbreaking look at the role played by the unexpected in life and history, and a fascinating examination of why we know less than we think we do--and what to do about it. … läs mer
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK- ISBN
- 9781400063512
- Titel
- The black swan : the impact of the highly improbable
- Författare
- Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Förlag
- New York : Random House
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-358) and index
Umberto Eco's antilibrary, or how we seek validation. The apprenticeship of an empirical skeptic ; Yevgenia's black swan ; The speculator and the prostitute ; One thousand and one days, or how not to be a sucker ; Confirmation shmonfirmation! ; The narrative fallacy ; Living in the antechamber of hope ; Giacomo Casanova's unfailing luck : the problem of silent evidence ; The Ludic fallacy, or the uncertainty of the nerd -- We just can't predict. The scandal of prediction ; How to look for bird poop ; Epistemocracy, a dream ; Appelles the Painter, or what do you do if you cannot predict? -- Those gray swans of Extremistan. From Mediocristan to Extremistan and back ; The bell curve, that great intellectual fraud ; The aesthetics of randomness ; Locke's madmen, or bell curves in the wrong places ; The uncertainty of the phony -- The end. Half and half, or how to get even with the black swan -- Epilogue : Yevgenia's white swans.
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The black swan
Pocketbok. Penguin Books Ltd. 2008. 366 sidor.
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D1Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK- ISBN
- 9780141034591
- Titel
- The black swan
- Författare
- Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Förlag
- Penguin Books Ltd.
- Utgivningsår
- 2008
- Omfång
- 366 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 129 x 198 mm Ryggbredd 24 mm
- Vikt
- 300 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? And, why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they're impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. A rallying cry to ignore the 'experts', "The Black Swan" shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty.
Penguin Books Ltd. 9780141034591 -
Skin in the Game - Hidden Asymmetries in Dail...
Häftad bok. Random House USA. 2018. 2883 sidor.
Mycket gott skick. Engelsk text
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK- ISBN
- 9780525511076
- Titel
- Skin in the Game
- Författare
- Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Förlag
- Random House USA
- Utgivningsår
- 2018
- Omfång
- 279 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 154 x 234 mm Ryggbredd 22 mm
- Vikt
- 440 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept ones own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life.
As always both accessible and iconoclastic, Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about the values of those who spearhead military interventions, make financial investments, and propagate religious faiths. Among his insights:
For social justice, focus on symmetry and risk sharing. You cannot make profits and transfer the risks to others, as bankers and large corporations do. You cannot get rich without owning your own risk and paying for your own losses. Forcing skin in the game corrects this asymmetry better than thousands of laws and regulations.
Ethical rules arent universal. Youre part of a group larger than you, but its still smaller than humanity in general.
Minorities, not majorities, run the world. The world is not run by consensus but by stubborn minorities imposing their tastes and ethics on others.
You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot. Educated philistines have been wrong on everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low-carb diets.
Beware of complicated solutions (that someone was paid to find). A simple barbell can build muscle better than expensive new machines.
True religion is commitment, not just faith. How much you believe in something is manifested only by what youre willing to risk for it.
The phrase skin in the game is one we have often heard but rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but its also an astonishingly rich worldview that, as Taleb shows in this book, applies to all aspects of our lives. As Taleb says, The symmetry of skin in the game is a simple rule thats necessary for fairness and justice, and the ultimate BS-buster, and Never trust anyone who doesnt have skin in the game. Without it, fools and crooks will benefit, and their mistakes will never come back to haunt them.
Random House USA 9780525511076 -
The black swan
Inbunden bok. Penguin Books Ltd. 2007. 366 sidor.
Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nära nyskick.
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK- ISBN
- 9780713999952
- Titel
- The black swan
- Författare
- Nicholas Taleb Nassim
- Förlag
- Penguin Books Ltd.
- Utgivningsår
- 2007
- Omfång
- 366 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Kartonnage
- Mått
- 160 x 242 mm Ryggbredd 35 mm
- Vikt
- 784 g
- Språk
- English
Penguin Books Ltd. 9780713999952 -
Skin in the game - hidden asymmetries in dail...
Inbunden bok. 2018.
Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag i gott skick. Språk: Engelska
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK- ISBN
- 9780241247471
- Titel
- Skin in the game - hidden asymmetries in daily life
- Författare
- Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Utgivningsår
- 2018
- Bandtyp
- (hbk.
- Språk
- English
9780241247471 -
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9780141034591
- Titel
- The black swan
- Författare
- Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Förlag
- Penguin Books Ltd.
- Utgivningsår
- 2008
- Omfång
- 366 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 129 x 198 mm Ryggbredd 24 mm
- Vikt
- 300 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? And, why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they're impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. A rallying cry to ignore the 'experts', "The Black Swan" shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty.
Penguin Books Ltd. 9780141034591
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