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The Black Swan

by Nassim Nicholas Taled, PhD
🎧 26 min listen Science

Why the most important events in history were never predicted - and never could be.

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Rare, unpredictable events drive history far more than gradual, foreseeable trends. Our brains construct false narratives after disasters to make them…

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The Black Swan
Before Europeans reached Australia, no one imagined a
black swan could exist. That single sighting shattered
centuries of certainty. Nassim Taleb reveals that the
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