Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Born 11 September 1960
From Amioun, North Governorate, Lebanon · Nationality: United States, Lebanon · Writes nonfiction
French-Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, former trader and risk analyst
Quotes
“You may not be able to change the world but can at least get some entertainment and make a living out of the epistemic arrogance of the human race.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Home Page “Lucky fools do not bear the slightest suspicion that they may be lucky fools - by definition, they do not know that they belong to such a category.”
Fooled by Randomness “At no point during his ordeal did Nero think of himself as 72% alive and 28% dead.”
Fooled by Randomness “Don’t cross a river if it is four feet deep on average.”
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, p. 161 “Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.”
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, p. 203
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Books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in order
Books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in the order they were published, from Dynamic Hedging (1997) to Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails (2020).
- 1Dynamic Hedging
Dynamic Hedging1997 - 2Fooled by Randomness
Fooled by Randomness2001 - 3Static and Dynamic HedgingStatic and Dynamic Hedging2002
- 4The Black Swan
The Black Swan2005 - 5El Cisne Negro el impacto de lo altamente improbableEl Cisne Negro el impacto de lo altamente improbable2008
- 6Siyah Kugu - Olasiliksiz Gorunenin Etkisi
Siyah Kugu - Olasiliksiz Gorunenin Etkisi2008 - 7el cisne negro
el cisne negro2009 - 8Nassim Taleb 2 in 1 Bind Up
Nassim Taleb 2 in 1 Bind Up2009 - 9The Bed of Procrustes
The Bed of Procrustes2010 - 10Antifragile
Antifragile2012 - 11Existe La Suerte ?
Existe La Suerte ?2013 - 12AntifragilitätAntifragilität2014
- 13Jugarse La Piel
Jugarse La Piel2014 - 14Antikirilganlik
Antikirilganlik2016 - 15Incerto
Incerto2016 - 16Skin in the Game
Skin in the Game2017 - 17A Logica Do Cisne Negro - Edicao Revista E Ampliada - O Impa
A Logica Do Cisne Negro - Edicao Revista E Ampliada - O Impacto Do Altamente Improvavel2019 - 18Iludidos Pelo Acaso - A influência da sorte nos mercados e n
Iludidos Pelo Acaso - A influência da sorte nos mercados e na vida2019 - 19Czarny łabędź Jak nieprzewidywalne zdarzenia rządzą naszym żCzarny łabędź Jak nieprzewidywalne zdarzenia rządzą naszym życiem2020
- 20Le Cygne noir [format poche]
Le Cygne noir [format poche]2020 - 21Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails
Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails2020 - 22El lecho de Procusto
El lecho de Procusto - 23The Black Swan and the Logic of Risk BearingThe Black Swan and the Logic of Risk Bearing