Re:Notable Books of 2014
by davidiach on Thursday December 18, 2014 @07:12AM
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Nassim Taleb said this about the NYT list: "There is close to ZERO probability that a "Notable book" in the NYT will be discussed in 5-20 years. Look at 1990-2009 lists."
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Re:Notable Books of 2014
by joncameron on Thursday December 18, 2014 @09:58AM
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OK, but what's the value in that statement–what does "discussed" mean for him? Looking at the 2009 list, there are plenty of books still circulating in discourse. Asterious Polyp and the Dan Chaon, Margaret Atwood and Jonathan Lethem novels are still quite talked about. Without context, I'm going to assume that is this just an acerbic, arms-crossed way to snub a popularly considered list.
Re:Notable Books of 2014
by NickPollard on Thursday December 18, 2014 @11:25AM
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That may be true, BUT I'd wager that the probability of a book not chosen by the NYT is even closer to zero.
It's not that the NYT is bad, it's that predicting fads vs. classics at the time of release is a hard problem.