# The Black Swan

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- Book: [The Black Swan](https://www.bookquiver.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/the-black-swan) ([The Black Swan.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/the-black-swan.md))
- Authors: [Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://www.bookquiver.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-620-1
- Published: 2008-04-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they're impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. A rallying cry to ignore the 'experts', The Black Swan shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty.