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Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2010 and briefly why by gordonc on Sunday December 05, 2010 @09:35PM (#1973591)
The Black Swan (unrelated to the Natalie Portman movie)

A great look behind some of the pseudo-science and psychological principles behind decision-making, rationality, and markets.

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Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2010 and briefly why by hjkl on Sunday December 05, 2010 @09:49PM (#1973618)
I loved Black Swan for the same reasons. I also read "Hollywood Economics: How extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry," which reads like an applied version of the Black Swan in relation to the film industry.
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