TY - BOOK AU - Taleb,Nassim Nicholas TI - Summary of The black swan SN - 9781522762928 U1 - 003 PY - 2015/// CY - [California] PB - Instaread KW - Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, KW - Uncertainty (Information theory) KW - Social aspects KW - Forecasting N1 - Please note: this is key takeaways, analysis & review; Overview -- Important people -- Key takeaways -- Analysis -- Key takeaway 1 -- Key takeaway 2 -- Key takeaway 3 -- Key takeaway 4 -- Key takeaway 5 -- Key takeaway 6 -- Key takeaway 7 -- Key takeaway 8 -- Key takeaway 9 -- Key takeaway 10 -- Key takeaway 11 -- Author's style -- Author’s perspective -- Resources N2 - The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a philosophical treatment of Taleb's research on highly improbable, high-impact events. These events, which Taleb calls "Black Swans",are so improbable that they are unpredictable. However, pundits and scholars are often inclined to fit such extreme events into a causal narrative after the fact, in order to make history appear more organized ER -