The Black Swan - Orreadi

Published Nov. 20, 2010 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-103459-1

(1 review)

From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life.

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Chris Gilmour reviewed The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Thought it might be my cup of tea, but it isn't

3 stars

I think I just don't like the narrative style. There's interesting things said, great concepts, but the tone, the stories, the framing with anecdotes just makes it a bit of a drag to read. I was on a pop-science reading trip, rattling through half a dozen books in a month until I crashed to a halt with Black Swan and now every time I look at it, I reach for some Scots poetry instead. This book hasn't turned me off pop-science, its just making it hard to go on.