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Fooled by Randomness

The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

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Fooled by Randomness

Auteur(s): Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Narrateur(s): Sean Pratt
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This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. It is already a landmark work and its title has entered our vocabulary. In its second edition, Fooled by Randomness is now a cornerstone for anyone interested in random outcomes.

Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill, the world of trading, this audiobook is a captivating insight into one of the least understood factors of all our lives. In an entertaining narrative style, the author succeeds in tackling three major intellectual issues: the problem of induction, the survivorship biases, and our genetic unfitness to the modern word. Taleb uses stories and anecdotes to illustrate our overestimation of causality and the heuristics that make us view the world as far more explainable than it actually is.

The audiobook is populated with an array of characters, some of whom have grasped, in their own way, the significance of chance: Yogi Berra, the baseball legend; Karl Popper, the philosopher of knowledge; Solon, the ancient world's wisest man; the modern financier George Soros; and the Greek voyager Ulysses. We also meet the fictional Nero, who seems to understand the role of randomness in his professional life, but who also falls victim to his own superstitious foolishness.

But the most recognizable character remains unnamed, the lucky fool in the right place at the right time - the embodiment of the "Survival of the Least Fit". Such individuals attract devoted followers who believe in their guru's insights and methods. But no one can replicate what is obtained through chance.

It may be impossible to guard against the vagaries of the Goddess Fortuna, but after listening to Fooled by Randomness we can be a little better prepared.

©2004 Nassim Nicholas Taleb (P)2008 Gildan Media Corp
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Ce que les critiques en disent

"[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)
"An articulate, wise, and humorous meditation on the nature of success and failure that anyone who wants a little more of the former would do well to consider." (Amazon.com)
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Great book

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I am not an investor but find Nasim’s books insetting. I listen or read his books and try to use my leading and improve my thinking process and my personal life.
In one of the chapters he mentioned Al Ghazli as an Arab philosopher.He was Persian born in the city of Tus, in Khorasan province of Iran. He could refer to home as Arab speaking Philosopher from Iran or at that time Persia.

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Good book. Interesting unpopular view points that i doubt many within the "matrix" would agree with even though the observations and conclusions are highly plausible.

A book about the obvious ...

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I love the way Nassim Taleb thinks and the way he tells his stories. I will eventually read all his book.

Great book

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Good read. insightful discussion. found that it provided good examples and interesting personal anecdotes to support arguments.

Recommended for the business coincious

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Not what I expected. Thoroughly enjoyable book that challenged my preconceptions about who wins in business.

Crazy fun book

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If you have the patience to listen to his repetitive stories, showing off his knowledge and life styles, insults across many different reputable professions, and random personal feelings, this book will offer you something deep to think about and some funny bits to laugh out loud.

Harsh, brutal, but Brilliant and funny

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I disagree with some of the conclusions discussed and suspect that the author is pompous and annoying in person. But the book is great for stimulating thought around many topics and is very enjoyable. Actually listened to it twice!

brilliant set of pseudorandom rambling

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Author’s summary are good to highlight the point, because at times I felt lost in the details.

Good read, complicated at times

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The author dislikes, or is above everyone but himself, because randomness is a facet of life. what is randomness? That topic is barely touched on in this book. Any idea, or attempt to make a reasonable prediction is wrong as it does not consider the authors own vague notions of randomness. One would assume this would go part in parcel with Hegels Negations but the author makes a point to vaguely swipe at these ideas as well. No information is worth consuming. Spend your time exercising, demeaning all others, and in the gym!

Reads as a Divine Comedy Level of Hitpiece

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