Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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In Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb explores how chance shapes success, failure, and perception—especially in financial markets. He argues that humans mistake luck for skill, crafting neat stories to explain random outcomes. Through philosophical reflection and market anecdotes, Taleb reveals our blindness to probability, survivorship bias, and rare events, urging intellectual humility in a world far more uncertain than we comfortably admit.

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