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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “I picked this up after a long time, but ruing the delay now. It's a pretty good read, packed with loads of anecdotes, theories and a lot of stuff that frankly escaped me. I understood the statistics, but not much of the philosophy. Though it must be said the author simplified the concepts to make...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “While the ideas are interesting, there are not enough of them. A lot of the book is unstructured and repetitive. I think the author makes a lot of generalizations and vague statements. I think his technical research papers would prove to be a much better read.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“While the ideas are interesting, there are not enough of them. A lot of the book is unstructured and repetitive. I think the author makes a lot of generalizations and vague statements. I think his technical research papers would prove to be a much better read.”
Vishu wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The author was painfully present in this book, which was too self-promotional to be taken seriously. Nonetheless, we agreed with the premise. Dinner at some alehouse in Burlingame. This was the first meeting of the bookclub.”
Evil Genius wrote this review Thursday, March 8, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An interetsing and exciting book about the play of randomness in stock market and everyday life. It changes the perspective on intelligence and experience of stock traders.”
HEMANT R wrote this review Thursday, March 1, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It's a good book but given a single point book it's too big. The book could have been well accommodated within 100 pages _with Taleb's philosophy_ in detail.”
naishe wrote this review Friday, February 24, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Really interesting perspective on randomness in life and our how our brain doesn't deal with it very well. I read after "ThInkning Fast and Slow" which was good, because Nassim references his work a lot. Hope that reading the book will help me recognize when I am trying to overcontrol situations that don't have casual relationships. ”
John M wrote this review Sunday, February 12, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“"What do you get when you mix - A Very powerful logic, mind bending assumptions, a vocabulary of a Harvard graduate, a rebellious personality and a brilliant mind?
Loy Machedo wrote this review Thursday, December 15, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
A book that will give you a headache but one which you just cannot put down until you finish it. It was painful enough to go through it but even more painful not to complete it!
Read it only if you are planning to make your life difficult, yet more meaningful. "”
“I'm glad I read Black Swan first.”
Alex J. Mann wrote this review Monday, August 22, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The author comes from the financial market, in which "past performance is not indicative of future performance." He's trying to tell us success is not a model that can be copied. To some degree, it is true. ”
Yanxiang Mu wrote this review Saturday, August 6, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a brilliant writer and truly understands randomness and the role that it plays in life and markets. For anyone thinking of making a career in the financial markets or just interested in seeing how financial markets behave should pick up this book.”
Abie Katz wrote this review Monday, July 25, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
