List of books recommended by nassim nicholas taleb blog. Nassim used to have a list of books he recommended on his personal website. In which order should i read nassim n talebs books, or. Podcast skin in the game by nassim nicholas taleb books. In 2012, nassim taleb seemingly ended his incerto series of books with a book titled antifragile. I read antifragile first, followed by black swan, bed of procrustes and did not finish fooled by randomness. Taleb is the author of the incerto, a five volume philosophical essay on uncertainty published between 2001 and 2018 of which the most known books are the. Nassim taleb, the polarizing author of bestselling books the black swan and antifragile.
In which order should i read nassim n taleb s books, or does it matter. 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. Read his biography, short summaries of his best books and his most memorable quotes here. Books recommended by nassim taleb bookadvice reading list. In which order should i read nassim n talebs books, or does it matter. Nassim nicholas talebveteran trader, renowned risk expert, polymathic scholar, erudite raconteur, and new york times bestselling author of the black swan. Nassim nicholas taleb author of the black swan goodreads. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading. Taleb is a bestselling author, and has been a professor at several universities, currently. Ideally id like to jump to antifragile, but ive been told black swan should be read as a precursor. In what order should nassim nicholas talebs incerto series. Nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series is an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk. But, according to nassim nicholas taleb, theres an entire class of other things that dont simply resist stress but actually grow, strengthen, or otherwise gain from unforeseen and otherwise unwelcome stimuli. Explore books by nassim nicholas taleb with our selection at.
Apr 20, 2018 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. In what order should nassim nicholas talebs incerto. Once you get over the idea that youre reading some sort of popular economics book and realise that its basically nassim taleb s rules for life, its actually rather enjoyable. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets, and more on. The impact of the highly improbable, robustezza e fragilita. Antifragile, the black swan, fooled by randomness, the bed of procrustes. Taleb calls this the black swan theory the book covers subjects relating to knowledge. My advice about reading these books is to read each of them more than once except fooled by randomness. The impact of the highly improbable by nassim nicholas taleb and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
I wouldnt argue this is strictly necessary for taleb s books though, if one is really calling you id start there instead. Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black. Im a fan of reading books listening to anthologies sequentially as you can see the ideas form and change. The impact of the highly improbable, the bed of procrustes. Fooled by randomness is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand.
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Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Fortunately, this year, with skin in the game, we found out that he had more things to say on the matter. Nassim nicholas taleb books list of books by author nassim.
Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. His books are informative and provocative, and leave you pondering their messages for years afterward. Fooled by randomness by nassim nicholas taleb youtube. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Discover book depositorys huge selection of nassim nicholas taleb books online. How to be rational about rationality incerto medium. Fooled by randomness is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty. Nassim nicholas taleb is an uncompromizing nononsense thinker for our times. Author and finance scholar nassim taleb tells tim adams why economics. The impact of the highly improbable, and fooled by randomness. Nassim nicholas taleb spent 21 years as a risk taker quantitative trader before becoming a flaneur and researcher in philosophical, mathematical and m. Incerto, nassim nicholas taleb 9780399590450 boeken.
The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets. Assume two people sober shooting at a target in, say, texas. Nassim nicholas talebs 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. Ive read them all and would recommend sequential as later books do refer back to previous ideas. The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively. In which order should i read nassim n talebs books, or does. Nassim nicholas taleb books and biography waterstones. Once you get over the idea that youre reading some sort of popular economics book and realise that its basically nassim talebs rules for life, its actually rather enjoyable. Nassim nicholas taleb s most popular book is the black swan.
His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve most influential. Top 25 quotes by nassim nicholas taleb of 342 az quotes. Jan 28, 2014 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. Philosophical and practical aphorisms, and several more. There are two places i was able to put together a nassim taleb reading list. The top shooter has a bias, a systematic error, but on balance gets closer to. Nassim nicholas taleb is a lebaneseamerican essayist, scholar and statistician, whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability and uncertainty. See all books authored by nassim nicholas taleb, including the black swan. Hidden asymmetries in daily life by taleb, nassim nicholas and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Thankfully, with the help of the way back machine, i was able to access the entire archived list. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets, the black swan. Nassim nicholas taleb has 35 books on goodreads with 507956 ratings. Nov 10, 2017 ive read them all and would recommend sequential as later books do refer back to previous ideas. 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 just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. Im really interested in starting one of nnts books today, just wondering should i start with black swan or fooled by randomness. Anyone interested in human behavior and its intersection with economics needs to. Things that gain from disorder, offers 61 reading recommendations in his own words.
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Nassim nicholas taleb spent twentyone years as a risk taker before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical, and mostly practical problems with probability. Author and finance scholar nassim taleb tells tim adams why economics based on risk is a. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Things that gain from disorder incerto book 3 kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas.
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