Tag: Nassim Taleb
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Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
To be antifragile is not to eliminate fragility altogether. It is to reduce fragile elements and increase our robustness. Our modern life tries to remove randomness and even out our experiences. The lack of stressors or small random jolts is making us more fragile and sensitive to extreme events. Our obsession with singularity, the feel…
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The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb
A Black Swan is an event or situation that is impossible to predict. Once it occurs, the consequences are devastating. A black swan can be positive, too. But they usually arrive with negative effects. No matter how many sophisticated models and systems we invent, randomness has the ultimate say. More than ever, the impact of…
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Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb (2)
Reviewed Date: April 22nd, 2022 It is only through exposing ourselves to reality, facing consequences, and getting scars that we obtain knowledge that cannot be taken. Though we may lose intensity as years pass, knowledge stays still. But in modern times, we are far from knowing the consequences of our actions; we have become sophisticated.…
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Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb (2)
Reviewed Date: January 11th, 2022 Many of us believe that the world is deterministic. We think we know what would happen if we do a thing; we believe that hard work is essential to be a millionaire. We call people who say there should be luck in our lives to become successful. We say these…
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Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb
Reviewed Date: September 18th, 2021 Because of modernity and the rise in technological advances, charlatans sprout up everywhere, advising things that they don’t have first-hand experiences with. They write books (mostly self-help), and they would preach this-should-be-done-to-be-happy things for people who got upset over minute setbacks. Though these books couldn’t be practically applicable but sound…
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Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb
Reviewed Date: September 16th, 2021 “Those who are unlucky in life in spite of their skills would eventually rise.” We humans couldn’t wrap our minds around the fact that the world is more random than we think. Though much of our success (or failure) is the result of luck, we have a hard time accepting…
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5 Favorite and 2 Disappointing Books I Read in 2025
2025 has been an abysmal year of reading. Although I read more books than the previous year, still it isn’t enough to satiate my hunger for reading. But I read a few solid favorite books, a couple of disappointing ones, and a shitload of average books. Here are my favorite books in no order: 1.…