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Nassim Nicholas Taleb -- The Black Swan Sun Tzu -- The Art of War Lao Tzu -- Tao Te Ching
by gtt 17y ago
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -- The Black Swan
Sun Tzu -- The Art of War
Lao Tzu -- Tao Te Ching
- lsd5you 17y agoI found the black swan to be unfinishable. It started very (even extremely) well, but then got a lot worse quite rapidly. His attempt to create a structure around anecdotes from his life (and of his acquaintances) does not really work and at times his writing is ego-centric to the point of vulgarity. The main problem however is that it would be much better (for the reader) condensed down as a long essay. Although many books in the genre are essentially essays flanneled out into books, the problem is particularly acute in The Black Swan. Sun Tzu, which edition/translation?
- patternexon 17y agoI agree, after reading Fooled by Randomness, black swan was a let down, repetitive and ironically snobbish for a book thats about understanding the unknown
- jacquesm 17y ago2 == 3 for any sufficiently large value of '2' :)
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoIf you think you understand 2, it is not the true 2
- eob 17y agoSame question but for the Tao Te Ching. What edition? The Jane English edition is the best I've ever read.