Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms Aphorisms are general statements designed to contain and express the undistorted truth. And that’s pretty much what this book is all about. From a philosophical standpoint, Nassim’s words penetrate deep into our behavioral patterns and point […]
Tag: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb – A Journey of 100 Steps
Love him or hate him, Nassim Nicholas Taleb is one of “the world’s top intellectuals” and maybe even “the hottest thinker in the world” right now. Notice the quotations: Bryan Appleyard, a noted journalist, remarked the latter, and Daniel Kahneman, […]
Skin in the Game PDF Summary
Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life Nassim Nicholas Taleb is one of the foremost thinkers of the modern age, a guy who can change the way you think about the world with almost every book he’s ever written. Why? Because he […]
8 Books That Will Change How You Think
In general, we all live in a small little world, designed to support our goals and vision. Truthfully, this little thing that we call “mind” – is actually the end product of our thinking patterns. On numerous occasions, the world […]
The Black Swan PDF Summary
MicroSummary: Nassim Nicholas Taleb explores in The Black Swan the problems of perception caused in people by random, unexpected events such as 9/11, which have an enormous impact on humanity and which people try to explain to no avail. It’s […]
Top Finance and Investing Books
Want to earn some easy money? We are saying nothing new if we say that it’s only easy if you earn it the easy way. And probably nothing’s easy in life unless you have someone to show you the right […]
Antifragile PDF Summary
MicroSummary: Having made a name with the highly influential “Black Swan”, in “Antifragility”, Nassim Taleb proposes a new philosophical concept, which goes against practical wisdom. Antifragility, as he explains in his book, is the property of a system to thrive […]
Fooled by Randomness Summary
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets First time when I’ve heard about Nassim Taleb’s books, I couldn’t help asking: why is this author so followed, read, and admired? Looking for the answer helped me discover […]
