Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

by Nassim Taleb

9 mentors recommend this 312 pages

"[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church."--Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world. This book is about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Set against the backdrop of the most co

ISBN: 9781596592018

🎯 Who Recommends This Book 9

Ryan Shea

Ryan Shea

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Ryan Shea recommended this book on Twitter."

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Howard Marks

Howard Marks

Finance & Investing

"Really about how much randomness there is in our world."

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Nick Kokonas

Food & Cooking

"Almost everyone in my office is forced to read Fooled by Randomness."

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Art De Vany

Art De Vany

Science & Research

"I used Fooled by Randomness is a class I taught on the economics of uncertainty."

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Ev Williams

Ev Williams

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"On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile."

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James Altucher

James Altucher

Finance & Investing

"James Altucher mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast."

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James Clear

James Clear

Author

"[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom."

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John Collison

John Collison

Business & Entrepreneurship
"Uh this is Nassim Taleb's thing in Fool by Randomness. um that we're you know we're oversensitive to the noise."
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