{"id":3051,"date":"2011-03-24T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T19:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"tag:google.com,2005:reader\/item\/bdc7acc51a00cc43"},"modified":"2011-03-26T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T22:49:42","slug":"the-black-swan-the-impact-of-the-highly-improbable-by-nassim-nicholas-taleb-reviews-discussion-bookclubs-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/the-black-swan-the-impact-of-the-highly-improbable-by-nassim-nicholas-taleb-reviews-discussion-bookclubs-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb &#8211; Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shared by  JohnH<\/p>\n<p>How about 300 pages of reader reviews, again at GoodReads.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/photo\/242472.The_Black_Swan\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1173056049l\/242472.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h1>The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable<\/h1>\n<div><span>by<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/21559.Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb\">Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span><span>The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.gif?1300919158\" alt=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.gif?1300919158\" alt=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.gif?1300919158\" alt=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/images\/layout\/stars\/red_star_66pct.gif?1300919158\" alt=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/images\/layout\/gr_orange_star_unactive.gif?1300919158\" alt=\"3.66 of 5 stars\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span><span>3.66<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span> \u00b7 <\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/242472.The_Black_Swan\"><span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline-block;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span>rating details<\/a><br \/>\n<span> \u00b7 <\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/242472.The_Black_Swan#other_reviews\"><span title=\"4153\">4,153 ratings<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span> \u00b7 <\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/242472.The_Black_Swan#other_reviews\"><br \/>\n<span><span title=\"973\">973<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nreviews<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div><span>A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9\/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everythin<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/242472.The_Black_Swan\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/span><span>A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9\/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shared by  JohnH <\/p>\n<p>How about 300 pages of reader reviews, again at GoodReads.com<\/p>\n<p>        my rating:<br \/>\n         &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3051"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3061,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051\/revisions\/3061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}