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Jun
13

Black Swan Authors Warns About Forecasting

By Chris Grande
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6.13.09

Nassim Taleb writes an excellent book called the “Black Swan,” which I am sure many of you have heard of, which warns explicitly about the dangers of forecasting and moreover, how wrong most forecasters are MOST of the time, he still gets questions about predicting the future.

See this interesting TV interview where he shares his points:

CNBC Video – Taleb

Chris Grande

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[...] out. What happens after that I don’t know but it amazes me how people come back from a real Black Swan event and return to their previous imprudent [...]

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