Fooled by Randomness

What it does

About: author of the INCERTO a philosophical and practical essay on uncertainty ( Skin In the Game, Antifragile , The Black Swan , Fooled by Randomness , and The Bed of Procrustes ), a (so far) 5-volume "investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk,and decision making when we don’t understand the world, expressed in the form of a personal essay with autobiographical sections, stories, parables, and philosophical, historical, and scientific discussions in nonoverlapping volumes that can be accessed in any order." Amazon and B&N Review of the Incerto as a whole by Branko Milanovic Vol 1 of the Technical Incerto ( Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails ) is out.…from fooledbyrandomness.com

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  Fooled By Randomness 2015 · amazon.com · ▲105

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  Predictably Irrational2015 · amazon.com · ▲96

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  Little Bets2015 · amazon.com · ▲89

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  Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)2015 · amazon.com · ▲3

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  Freakonomics2015 · amazon.com · ▲97

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