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Re:Black Swans - unexpected movements in financial markets. by omarseyal on Monday March 17, 2008 @12:31PM (#138999)
Honestly, Black Swan is not Taleb's best book. I would recommend you read Fooled By Randomness first if you have the chance...

http://www.amazon.com/Fooled-Randomness-Hidden-Chance-Market...

Re:Black Swans - unexpected movements in financial markets. by davidw on Monday March 17, 2008 @05:13PM (#139233)
In the above talk, he mentions that Black Swan is better than Fooled by Randomness.
Re:Black Swans - unexpected movements in financial markets. by jakewolf on Monday March 17, 2008 @02:46PM (#139106)
Both are good and help give you some perspective on stepping back and looking at the big picture.