There are two places i was able to put together a nassim taleb reading list. Nassim nicholas taleb hits out at chinese printers censorship of his book. In this episode, jason staples returns and joins erik rostad to discuss book 36 of 52 from the 2019 reading list skin in the game by nassim taleb. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, and the bed of procrustes. The latter is the supposed aim of nonfiction, yet a target so few books reach. This book analyzes socalled black swansextremely unpredictable events that have massive impacts on human society. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Its true of all the authors whose books i enjoy taleb is the only one i. Nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series is an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand, in nonoverlapping and standalone books. Things that gain from disorder if you have more than one reason to do something choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip, just dont do it.
Nassim nicholas taleb has 35 books on goodreads with 510447 ratings. I dont have a problem with going after sam harris, whose dronings have been longing for pushback, and who taleb calls a charlatan. Sam harris takedown of nassim taleb is hilarious and true. It was originally published in november 2016 including only the first four books. If there is a book missing, please leave a comment with a reference. If by genius, bullying actual geniuses on twitter and appropriating existing knowledge as his own, that is a pretty low bar for what constitutes genius. Even if you disagree, his books in the incerto collection, including fooled by randomness, the black swan and antifragile, are worth reading for the pure thrill. Antifragile by nassim taleb things that gain from disorder wind extinguishes a candle but energises fire. Nassim nicholas taleb on selfeducation and doing the math on may 31, 2018 by admin in audio, podcasts though what taleb was really after was a discussion with bryan read that here, the philosopher, mathematician, and author most recently of skin in the game also generously agreed to a conversation with. Nassim nicholas taleb books list of books by author. Nassim nicholas taleb is a lebaneseamerican essayist, scholar, statistician, and risk.
Obsessive love is the most antifragile thing outside of economics. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Talebs five volume philosophical essay on uncertainty, titled the incerto, covers the following books. Please vote and do not add books taleb has not explicitly recommended. Sam harris discussed talebs bullying tactics and character in an ama. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading antifragile. Things that gain from disorder, offers 61 reading recommendations in his own words. Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. Fiction is a certain packaging of the truth, or higher truths. Keeping tabs on nassim taleb and the highly improbable. Dont let nassim talebs tweets stop you from reading his. The facts are true, the news is fake incerto medium.
Is nassim talebs criticism of steven pinkers work fair. Solid book on interventionism, should be mandatory reading in foreign affairs. If by genius, bullying actual geniuses on twitter and appropriating existing knowledge as his own, that is a pretty low bar for what constitutes. They discuss trump, immigration, jefrey epstein, nassim taleb, and much more. Nassim nicholas taleb hits out at chinese printers. See all books authored by nassim nicholas taleb, including the black swan. Dont let nassim talebs tweets stop you from reading his books.
Taleb says musks comment on coronavirus panic being dumb. As donald trump said the facts are true, the news is fake ironically at a press conference in which he suffered the same selective reporting as my rsa event. But, the book is a great series of metaphors and analogies and stories. I am often asked by journalists for a list of my favorite books i dont know what favorite means for a journalist. I have read the black swan and an currently reading anti fragile. Atheists and the stock market nassim nicholas taleb. The book is part of talebs five volume series, titled the incerto including fooled by randomness 2001, the black swan 20072010, the bed of procrustes 20102016, antifragile 2012, and skin in the game 2018.
The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets, and more on. Nassim nicholas taleb s most popular book is the black swan. He presents it sometimes as part of a triptych with his earlier works the black swan and antifragile, and at other times as a continuation. The black swan book summary by nassim nicholas taleb. The book is part of talebs five volume series, titled the incerto including fooled by randomness 2001, the black swan 20072010, the bed of procrustes 20102016, antifragile 2012, and skin in the game. As taleb says, the symmetry of skin in the game is a simple rule thats necessary for fairness and. In the black swan, taleb s second book for laypeople, he gives a full treatment to concepts briefly explored in his first book fooled by randomness. From the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, nassim nicholas taleb, a book on how some things actually benefit from disorder. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. If, as socrates would have it, the only true knowledge is knowledge of ones own ignorance, then nassim nicholas taleb is the worlds greatest living teacher. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. The books of sanction i the black swan, nassim nicholas.
Maverick thinker nassim nicholas taleb had an illustrious career on wall street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. It is the backbone of risk management, but its also an astonishingly rich worldview that, as taleb shows in this book, applies to all aspects of our lives. As quoted by harris, only nasism taleb thinks nasism taleb a genius and maybe talebs most devout followers. Likewise with randomnessuncertaintychaos, you want to be able to use them, not to hide from them. In the black swan taleb outlined a problem, and in antifragile he offers a. While being a celebrated, bestselling author with his book, the black swan, reaching cult status and a professor at several universities. Summary of sam harris appearance on the portal, hosted by eric weinstein. Author of the end of faith, freewill, and other bestselling books. Nassim nicholas taleb book recommendations 80 books. Nassims favorite literature books and essays nassim taleb. Nassim nicholas taleb book recommendations last addition june 2019.
Things that gain from disorder kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas. If you mean fair in the sense of judiciously weighting the entire work and indicating points of agreement and disagreement, then no. Sam harris on the indifference of mother nature nassim nicholas taleb on the irrelevance of probability chris anderson on the reality of global warming. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Nassim used to have a list of books he recommended on. Taleb s note on keeping and rereading literature books. Hes brought up directly one time in order to be called a.
He is most well know for his books the black swan, fooled by randomness. Indeed i find that there is more truth in proust, albeit it is officially fictional, than in the babbling analyses of the new york times that give us the illusions of understanding whats going on. Discover book depositorys huge selection of nassim nicholas taleb books online. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder. Author nassim nicholas taleb discusses his book, the black swan in relation to predicting the future, learning from the consequences of the unknown, and the power of randomness. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand.
Nassim nicholas taleb is a lebanese american essayist, scholar, statistician, and risk analyst, whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. Most continue readingantifragile by nassim nicholas taleb. Not all swans are white, and not all events, no matter what the experts think, are predictable. The impact of the highly improbable, and fooled by randomness. Sure, nassim taleb recommending steven pinker is like the sun rising in the west. The better angels of our nature is a wonderful book insightful, carefully argued and gracefully written. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an. Bryan appleyard, a noted journalist, remarked the latter, and daniel kahneman, a nobel laureate, claims the former.
Found his thought s on religion rather interesting ie following fasting rules due to possible breakthrough benefits was wondering what this communities thoughts where on him as a podcast guest. The best book i read last year was skin in the game, by investor and master of probability nassim nicholas taleb. Nassim nicholas taleb spent twentyone years as a risk taker before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical, and mostly practical problems with probability. Love him or hate him, nassim nicholas taleb is one of the worlds top intellectuals and maybe even the hottest thinker in the world right now. Fooled by randomness 2001, the black swan 20072010, the bed of procrustes 2010, antifragile 2012, and skin in the game 2018. Hidden asymmetries in daily life by nassim nicholas taleb. Nassim taleb, the polarizing author of bestselling books the black swan and antifragile. Books by nassim nicholas taleb author of the black swan. Skin in the game is nassim nicholas taleb s fifth book. Explains how we missed the word antifragility in classrooms.