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This isn't a black swan. Cringely is using the term incorrectly.
by bigbossman 13y ago
This isn't a black swan. Cringely is using the term incorrectly.
- MartinCron 13y agoMaybe it's a Tipping Point or a Perfect Storm or an Outlier or a Pop Culture Science Book Title?
- nickff 13y agoOnly someone who has not read Taleb's book could say that disruptive innovation is the same as a black swan. The black swan is something believed to be rare or impossible, which turns out to be more common than was previously believed.
- lomnakkus 13y agoIndeed. Black swans are (by definition) not predictable, so to claim that you can predict one is pretty weird.