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Ο μαύρος κύκνος Β΄
335 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
62 books14.6k followersNassim Nicholas Taleb spent 21 years as a risk taker (quantitative trader) before becoming a flaneur and researcher in philosophical, mathematical and (mostly) practical problems with probability.
Taleb is the author of a multivolume essay, the Incerto (The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game) an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision making when we don’t understand the world, expressed in the form of a personal essay with autobiographical sections, stories, parables, and philosophical, historical, and scientic discussions in nonover lapping volumes that can be accessed in any order.
In addition to his trader life, Taleb has also written, as a backup of the Incerto, more than 50 scholarly papers in statistical physics, statistics, philosophy, ethics, economics, international affairs, and quantitative finance, all around the notion of risk and probability.
Taleb is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering (only a quarter time position). His current focus is on the properties of systems that can handle disorder ("antifragile").
Taleb believes that prizes, honorary degrees, awards, and ceremonialism debase knowledge by turning it into a spectator sport.
See Wikipedia for more details.
Taleb is the author of a multivolume essay, the Incerto (The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game) an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision making when we don’t understand the world, expressed in the form of a personal essay with autobiographical sections, stories, parables, and philosophical, historical, and scientic discussions in nonover lapping volumes that can be accessed in any order.
In addition to his trader life, Taleb has also written, as a backup of the Incerto, more than 50 scholarly papers in statistical physics, statistics, philosophy, ethics, economics, international affairs, and quantitative finance, all around the notion of risk and probability.
Taleb is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering (only a quarter time position). His current focus is on the properties of systems that can handle disorder ("antifragile").
Taleb believes that prizes, honorary degrees, awards, and ceremonialism debase knowledge by turning it into a spectator sport.
See Wikipedia for more details.
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September 16, 2016
Η κεντρική ιδέα περί μαύρου κύκνου, της σημασίας του τυχαίου, που τείνουμε να αγνοούμε παντελώς και προσπαθούμε να το βάλουμε σε πλαίσιο, είναι προφανώς πολύ ελκυστική και κάτι καινούριο. Όπως και η εμμονή με τη μεγάλη κοροϊδία των οικονομολόγων της καμπύλης καμπάνας, που νόμιζαν και νομίζουν οτι έλυσε όλα τα προβλήματα τους. Όπως και η ιδέα του πιθηκισμου της φυσικής από τα new economics. Αλλά στην προσπαθεια του να δείξει πόσο εναντίον του δόγματος είναι, απορριπτει τα πάντα τόσο υπεροπτικά, που καταλήγει σε ένα άλλο δόγμα, πιο αφηρημένο αλλά δόγμα. Ακατανόητη σχεδόν η εμμονή του με την ιστορία και το οτι τπτ δεν μπορεί να εξηγηθεί. Απορρίπτει τόσο πολυ σχεδόν τα παντα, εκτός απο τον σκεπτικισμό και τον εμπειρισμο, που καταλήγει να φαίνεται εναντίον της επιστήμης και αδικεί τον εαυτό του.Πολλη φλυαρία, πολλη
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