The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Book

A book mentioned as being influential for its insights into randomness and highly impactful rare events, described as a 'mind opener'.

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Videos Mentioning The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch | Lex Fridman Podcast #114

Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch | Lex Fridman Podcast #114

Lex Fridman

A book mentioned as being influential for its insights into randomness and highly impactful rare events, described as a 'mind opener'.

Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing | The Tim Ferriss Show

Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing | The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss

Book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, distinguished from 'Fooled by Randomness' as the pandemic is not seen by Kokonas as a true Black Swan event.

Nassim Taleb — How Traders Make Billions in The New Age of Crisis (feat. Scott Patterson)

Nassim Taleb — How Traders Make Billions in The New Age of Crisis (feat. Scott Patterson)

Tim Ferriss

Nassim Taleb's book focusing on the disproportionate impact of rare, unpredictable events, which he wrote after 'Fooled by Randomness' and sees as a central part of his intellectual work.