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Thanks, I enjoyed it too. Why is "black swan" so popular here on HN though?
by Treegarden 9y ago
Thanks, I enjoyed it too. Why is "black swan" so popular here on HN though?
- dalbasal 9y agocould be several reasons. It was a good book, timely. For HN-relevance specifically, maybe http://www.paulgraham.com/swan.html http://www.paulgraham.com/swan.html
- protoplant 9y agoI would say because software engineers often work in mission critical systems where risk is a factor, and his job as a guy finding flaws in risk models on wall street, gave him insight on that topic. Like maybe some kinds of bugs are like tail end risk.