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🦢 Black Swan Events

Books examining rare, unpredictable events with massive consequences—and why our systems and minds are so poorly equipped to anticipate them.
The Improbability Principle
by David J. Hand • 2014
Why do extremely unlikely events happen daily? A few hidden laws make the extraordinary routine.
3.73
2k+
🎲 Probability Theory⚡ Rare Events🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Improbability Principle Summary
The Improbability Principle 90%
Why do extremely unlikely events happen daily? A few hidden laws make the extraordinary routine.
by David J. Hand 2014
3.73
2k+ ratings
🎲 Probability Theory⚡ Rare Events🧠 Cognitive Biases
Chaos Kings
by Scott Patterson • 2023
They lose money every day on purpose, because one market crash will repay everything.
3.75
1k+
📉 Catastrophe Investing🔄 Hedge Fund Strategies🌐 Systemic Fragility
Chaos Kings Summary
Chaos Kings 89%
They lose money every day on purpose, because one market crash will repay everything.
by Scott Patterson 2023
3.75
1k+ ratings
📉 Catastrophe Investing🔄 Hedge Fund Strategies🌐 Systemic Fragility
The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2007
The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.
3.96
123k+
🛡️ Risk Management🎲 Tail Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Black Swan Summary
The Black Swan 89%
The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007
3.96
123k+ ratings
🛡️ Risk Management🎲 Tail Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases
Ubiquity
by Mark Buchanan • 2000
One grain of sand explains why markets crash, species vanish, and empires fall.
3.90
716
🧬 Complexity Science🔗 Systems Theory📊 Power Laws
Ubiquity Summary
Ubiquity 88%
One grain of sand explains why markets crash, species vanish, and empires fall.
by Mark Buchanan 2000
3.90
716 ratings
🧬 Complexity Science🔗 Systems Theory📊 Power Laws
Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2008
Stability is an illusion, prediction is a scam: the architecture of a life that needs the chaos.
4.17
287
🎲 Probability Theory⚠️ Hidden Risks🧠 Cognitive Biases
Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan Summary
Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan 88%
Stability is an illusion, prediction is a scam: the architecture of a life that needs the chaos.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2008
4.17
287 ratings
🎲 Probability Theory⚠️ Hidden Risks🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Gray Rhino
by Michele Wucker • 2016
Obvious, predictable threats destroy more than surprises do, and we ignore them anyway.
3.57
391
🛡️ Risk Management🚨 Crisis Leadership🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Gray Rhino Summary
The Gray Rhino 88%
Obvious, predictable threats destroy more than surprises do, and we ignore them anyway.
by Michele Wucker 2016
3.57
391 ratings
🛡️ Risk Management🚨 Crisis Leadership🧠 Cognitive Biases
Incerto 4-Book Bundle
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2011
Some things get stronger from disorder. Most of what we build gets this backward.
4.57
497
🔒 Tail Risk🔗 Complex Systems🔮 Prediction Limits
Incerto 4-Book Bundle Summary
Incerto 4-Book Bundle 88%
Some things get stronger from disorder. Most of what we build gets this backward.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2011
4.57
497 ratings
🔒 Tail Risk🔗 Complex Systems🔮 Prediction Limits
The Devil Never Sleeps
by Juliette Kayyem • 2022
Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.
3.84
485
🚨 Crisis Management⚡ Disaster Preparedness🆘 Emergency Response
The Devil Never Sleeps Summary
The Devil Never Sleeps 88%
Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.
by Juliette Kayyem 2022
3.84
485 ratings
🚨 Crisis Management⚡ Disaster Preparedness🆘 Emergency Response
Everyday Chaos
by David Weinberger • 2019
A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.
3.78
202
🔬 Complexity Science🔄 Systems Thinking🤖 Machine Learning
Everyday Chaos Summary
Everyday Chaos 88%
A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.
by David Weinberger 2019
3.78
202 ratings
🔬 Complexity Science🔄 Systems Thinking🤖 Machine Learning
Lights Out
by Ted Koppel • 2015
A grid cyberattack could kill most Americans in a year; no agency has a plan.
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6k+
⚡ Critical Infrastructure🔌 Electrical Grid💥 EMP Threat
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out 87%
A grid cyberattack could kill most Americans in a year; no agency has a plan.
by Ted Koppel 2015
3.71
6k+ ratings
⚡ Critical Infrastructure🔌 Electrical Grid💥 EMP Threat
The Future of Everything
by David Orrell • 2006
Weather, markets, pandemics: the science of why forecasts fail, and what to build instead.
3.67
117
🔮 Forecasting🕸️ Complexity Science⚠️ Limits Of Prediction
The Future of Everything Summary
The Future of Everything 87%
Weather, markets, pandemics: the science of why forecasts fail, and what to build instead.
by David Orrell 2006
3.67
117 ratings
🔮 Forecasting🕸️ Complexity Science⚠️ Limits Of Prediction
The Precipice
by Toby Ord • 2020
The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.
3.94
5k+
🧨 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🤖 Ai Safety
The Precipice Summary
The Precipice 87%
The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.
by Toby Ord 2020
3.94
5k+ ratings
🧨 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🤖 Ai Safety
The (Mis) Behavior of Markets
by Benoît B. Mandelbrot • 1997
Ten trading days can hold half a market's losses, and the standard models never see them coming.
4.09
6k+
🧮 Financial Modeling🌪️ Market Volatility🧪 Complexity Science
The (Mis) Behavior of Markets Summary
The (Mis) Behavior of Markets 87%
Ten trading days can hold half a market's losses, and the standard models never see them coming.
by Benoît B. Mandelbrot 1997
4.09
6k+ ratings
🧮 Financial Modeling🌪️ Market Volatility🧪 Complexity Science
A Demon of Our Own Design
by Richard Bookstaber • 2007
Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.
3.92
1k+
🏦 Financial Markets⚠️ Systemic Risk🔧 Financial Engineering
A Demon of Our Own Design Summary
A Demon of Our Own Design 87%
Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.
by Richard Bookstaber 2007
3.92
1k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Markets⚠️ Systemic Risk🔧 Financial Engineering
Drift into Failure
by Sidney Dekker • 2011
Hunting the broken part misses real failure: slow, rational erosion inside everyday decisions.
4.01
343
🦺 Safety Science⚠️ Risk Normalization🕸️ Systemic Risk
Drift into Failure Summary
Drift into Failure 87%
Hunting the broken part misses real failure: slow, rational erosion inside everyday decisions.
by Sidney Dekker 2011
4.01
343 ratings
🦺 Safety Science⚠️ Risk Normalization🕸️ Systemic Risk
Why Most Things Fail
by Paul Ormerod • 2005
Business and biology share one extinction curve. Smarter planning barely bends it.
3.48
391
🧬 Evolutionary Economics🔗 Complexity Economics📉 Power-Law Patterns
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail 87%
Business and biology share one extinction curve. Smarter planning barely bends it.
by Paul Ormerod 2005
3.48
391 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Economics🔗 Complexity Economics📉 Power-Law Patterns
Normal Accidents
by Charles Perrow • 1984
The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.
4.05
704
🏭 Sociotechnical Systems⛓️‍💥 Systemic Failure🪜 Cascading Failures
Normal Accidents Summary
Normal Accidents 87%
The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.
by Charles Perrow 1984
4.05
704 ratings
🏭 Sociotechnical Systems⛓️‍💥 Systemic Failure🪜 Cascading Failures
How to Expect the Unexpected
by Kit Yates • 2023
Master the science of prediction: why your gut fails, and when the smartest forecast is none.
3.69
188
🔮 Forecasting🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probability
How to Expect the Unexpected Summary
How to Expect the Unexpected 87%
Master the science of prediction: why your gut fails, and when the smartest forecast is none.
by Kit Yates 2023
3.69
188 ratings
🔮 Forecasting🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probability
How to Predict Everything
by William Poundstone • 2019
The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.
3.19
68
☢️ Existential Risk🧠 Bayesian Epistemology🔭 Anthropic Reasoning
How to Predict Everything Summary
How to Predict Everything 87%
The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.
by William Poundstone 2019
3.19
68 ratings
☢️ Existential Risk🧠 Bayesian Epistemology🔭 Anthropic Reasoning
The Quants
by Scott Patterson • 2010
In August 2007, models designed for once-in-ten-millennia failures broke three days running.
3.89
9k+
🧮 Quantitative Finance🏦 Wall Street History💰 Hedge Funds
The Quants Summary
The Quants 87%
In August 2007, models designed for once-in-ten-millennia failures broke three days running.
by Scott Patterson 2010
3.89
9k+ ratings
🧮 Quantitative Finance🏦 Wall Street History💰 Hedge Funds
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2025
Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.
3.92
7k+
🛡️ Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🏁 Technology Arms Races
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies 87%
Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.
by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025
3.92
7k+ ratings
🛡️ Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🏁 Technology Arms Races
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
by Andrew Leigh • 2021
A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.
3.81
53
💥 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🏛️ Democratic Erosion
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Summary
What's the Worst That Could Happen? 87%
A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.
by Andrew Leigh 2021
3.81
53 ratings
💥 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🏛️ Democratic Erosion
The Challenger Launch Decision
by Diane Vaughan • 1997
The chain of small failures that precedes every disaster, and where to break it.
4.08
459
🔥 Organizational Failure⚡ Crisis Leadership📉 Risk Normalization
The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision 87%
The chain of small failures that precedes every disaster, and where to break it.
by Diane Vaughan 1997
4.08
459 ratings
🔥 Organizational Failure⚡ Crisis Leadership📉 Risk Normalization
The Art of Uncertainty
by David Spiegelhalter • 2024
A statistician reframes luck, chance, and ignorance as manageable relationships, not cosmic curses.
3.78
833
🎲 Probability Theory📊 Statistical Thinking🧠 Bayesian Reasoning
The Art of Uncertainty Summary
The Art of Uncertainty 87%
A statistician reframes luck, chance, and ignorance as manageable relationships, not cosmic curses.
by David Spiegelhalter 2024
3.78
833 ratings
🎲 Probability Theory📊 Statistical Thinking🧠 Bayesian Reasoning
Future Babble
by Dan Gardner • 2010
Confidence sells. Accuracy doesn't. Why the loudest experts are the worst forecasters.
3.79
737
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Expert Forecasting🌫️ Uncertainty Management
Future Babble Summary
Future Babble 87%
Confidence sells. Accuracy doesn't. Why the loudest experts are the worst forecasters.
by Dan Gardner 2010
3.79
737 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Expert Forecasting🌫️ Uncertainty Management
The Signal and the Noise
by Nate Silver • 2012
Why weather forecasters improve while economists flounder, and what that reveals about prediction.
3.97
53k+
🔮 Forecasting Methods🧩 Bayesian Reasoning🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Signal and the Noise Summary
The Signal and the Noise 87%
Why weather forecasters improve while economists flounder, and what that reveals about prediction.
by Nate Silver 2012
3.97
53k+ ratings
🔮 Forecasting Methods🧩 Bayesian Reasoning🧠 Cognitive Biases
Skin in the Game
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2018
Your opinion only counts if you have something to lose. Without that, expertise is theater.
3.91
32k+
🎲 Asymmetric Risk⚖️ Incentive Alignment🛡️ Risk Management
Skin in the Game Summary
Skin in the Game 87%
Your opinion only counts if you have something to lose. Without that, expertise is theater.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2018
3.91
32k+ ratings
🎲 Asymmetric Risk⚖️ Incentive Alignment🛡️ Risk Management
The Drunkard's Walk
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2008
Success isn't as earned as you think. Probability decides more outcomes than talent ever does.
3.95
25k+
🎲 Probability And Chance🧠 Cognitive Biases💰 Behavioral Economics
The Drunkard's Walk Summary
The Drunkard's Walk 87%
Success isn't as earned as you think. Probability decides more outcomes than talent ever does.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2008
3.95
25k+ ratings
🎲 Probability And Chance🧠 Cognitive Biases💰 Behavioral Economics
Our Final Invention
by James Barrat • 2013
An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.
3.72
4k+
🤖 Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🧠 Superintelligence
Our Final Invention Summary
Our Final Invention 87%
An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.
by James Barrat 2013
3.72
4k+ ratings
🤖 Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🧠 Superintelligence
Antifragile
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
4.10
58k+
🔒 Risk Management🧩 Systems Thinking🔄 Trial And Error
Antifragile Summary
Antifragile 87%
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012
4.10
58k+ ratings
🔒 Risk Management🧩 Systems Thinking🔄 Trial And Error
Could Should Might Don't
by Nick Foster • 2025
Four ways we imagine the future. Three are fantasies. One is a discipline.
3.68
231
🧭 Futures Thinking🚫 Technocritique🛠️ Critical Design
Could Should Might Don't Summary
Could Should Might Don't 87%
Four ways we imagine the future. Three are fantasies. One is a discipline.
by Nick Foster 2025
3.68
231 ratings
🧭 Futures Thinking🚫 Technocritique🛠️ Critical Design
Fooled by Randomness
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2001
Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.
4.08
72k+
📈 Financial Markets🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases
Fooled by Randomness Summary
Fooled by Randomness 87%
Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001
4.08
72k+ ratings
📈 Financial Markets🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Systems Bible
by John Gall • 1977
Every system malfunctions and fights its own purpose. The counterintuitive guide to surviving them.
3.99
1k+
🧭 Systems Theory🏢 Organizational Behavior🦋 Unintended Consequences
The Systems Bible Summary
The Systems Bible 87%
Every system malfunctions and fights its own purpose. The counterintuitive guide to surviving them.
by John Gall 1977
3.99
1k+ ratings
🧭 Systems Theory🏢 Organizational Behavior🦋 Unintended Consequences
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
by Jared Knott • 2020
History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.
4.01
2k+
📖 Narrative History⚠️ Cautionary History🔗 Unintended Consequences
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters Summary
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters 87%
History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.
by Jared Knott 2020
4.01
2k+ ratings
📖 Narrative History⚠️ Cautionary History🔗 Unintended Consequences
MegaThreats
by Nouriel Roubini • 2022
Ten dangers, from unsustainable debt to climate, are now locked together in one accelerating crisis.
3.76
1k+
🌐 Global Polycrisis⚠️ Systemic Risk💰 Debt Crises
MegaThreats Summary
MegaThreats 86%
Ten dangers, from unsustainable debt to climate, are now locked together in one accelerating crisis.
by Nouriel Roubini 2022
3.76
1k+ ratings
🌐 Global Polycrisis⚠️ Systemic Risk💰 Debt Crises
The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe • 2023
An 80-year cycle pushes America toward a 2030 crisis. The last two ended in total war.
3.93
3k+
🌀 Cyclical History🧬 Generational Theory⚠️ Crisis Cycles
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here 86%
An 80-year cycle pushes America toward a 2030 crisis. The last two ended in total war.
by Neil Howe 2023
3.93
3k+ ratings
🌀 Cyclical History🧬 Generational Theory⚠️ Crisis Cycles
Brazil Is the New America
by James Dale Davidson • 2012
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
3.17
36
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil
Brazil Is the New America Summary
Brazil Is the New America 86%
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
by James Dale Davidson 2012
3.17
36 ratings
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil
Risk
by Stanley McChrystal • 2021
In 1983, one man's doubt stopped a nuclear war. The lesson for your organization's risk systems.
3.64
799
📊 Risk Management🧠 Decision Biases🔄 Systems Thinking
Risk Summary
Risk 86%
In 1983, one man's doubt stopped a nuclear war. The lesson for your organization's risk systems.
by Stanley McChrystal 2021
3.64
799 ratings
📊 Risk Management🧠 Decision Biases🔄 Systems Thinking
The Physics of Wall Street
by James Owen Weatherall • 2013
Wall Street filled its ranks with physicists. They changed everything but the next crash.
3.85
2k+
💹 Econophysics🧮 Quantitative Finance📜 History Of Finance
The Physics of Wall Street Summary
The Physics of Wall Street 86%
Wall Street filled its ranks with physicists. They changed everything but the next crash.
by James Owen Weatherall 2013
3.85
2k+ ratings
💹 Econophysics🧮 Quantitative Finance📜 History Of Finance
The Premonition
by Michael Lewis • 2021
A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.
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43k+
🏥 Public Health🦠 Epidemiology🚨 Pandemic Response
The Premonition Summary
The Premonition 86%
A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.
by Michael Lewis 2021
4.32
43k+ ratings
🏥 Public Health🦠 Epidemiology🚨 Pandemic Response
Falter
by Bill McKibben • 2019
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
4.00
2k+
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception
Falter Summary
Falter 86%
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
by Bill McKibben 2019
4.00
2k+ ratings
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception
How Everything Can Collapse
by Pablo Servigne • 2015
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
4.16
1k+
📉 Collapsology🏚️ Civilizational Collapse🔗 Systems Thinking
How Everything Can Collapse Summary
How Everything Can Collapse 86%
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
by Pablo Servigne 2015
4.16
1k+ ratings
📉 Collapsology🏚️ Civilizational Collapse🔗 Systems Thinking
Black Holes
by Katherine Blundell • 2014
Gravity's most extreme creations: regions where time stalls, light is trapped, and physics unravels.
3.86
421
🕳️ Black Hole Physics🌌 Astrophysics⚫ Event Horizons
Black Holes Summary
Black Holes 86%
Gravity's most extreme creations: regions where time stalls, light is trapped, and physics unravels.
by Katherine Blundell 2014
3.86
421 ratings
🕳️ Black Hole Physics🌌 Astrophysics⚫ Event Horizons
The Failure of Risk Management
by Douglas W. Hubbard • 2009
Standard risk management makes decisions worse than guessing. The fix is simpler than you think.
3.95
413
🛡️ Risk Management📊 Quantitative Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Failure of Risk Management Summary
The Failure of Risk Management 86%
Standard risk management makes decisions worse than guessing. The fix is simpler than you think.
by Douglas W. Hubbard 2009
3.95
413 ratings
🛡️ Risk Management📊 Quantitative Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases
When Genius Failed
by Roger Lowenstein • 2000
Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.
4.20
32k+
🏦 Hedge Funds🔥 Financial Crises🛡️ Risk Management
When Genius Failed Summary
When Genius Failed 86%
Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.
by Roger Lowenstein 2000
4.20
32k+ ratings
🏦 Hedge Funds🔥 Financial Crises🛡️ Risk Management
Radical Uncertainty
by Mervyn A. King • 2020
When the future is genuinely unknowable, stories guide us better than probability ever could.
3.86
1k+
📘 Knightian Uncertainty📖 Narrative Reasoning🧠 Behavioral Economics
Radical Uncertainty Summary
Radical Uncertainty 86%
When the future is genuinely unknowable, stories guide us better than probability ever could.
by Mervyn A. King 2020
3.86
1k+ ratings
📘 Knightian Uncertainty📖 Narrative Reasoning🧠 Behavioral Economics
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
by John Brockman • 2014
Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.
3.45
1k+
🧨 Existential Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases⚠️ Risk Perception
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night Summary
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night 86%
Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.
by John Brockman 2014
3.45
1k+ ratings
🧨 Existential Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases⚠️ Risk Perception
Command and Control
by Eric Schlosser • 2013
One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.
4.27
15k+
🧪 Nuclear History🥶 Cold War Era💥 Technological Disaster
Command and Control Summary
Command and Control 86%
One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.
by Eric Schlosser 2013
4.27
15k+ ratings
🧪 Nuclear History🥶 Cold War Era💥 Technological Disaster
In Defense of Open Society
by George Soros • 2019
Economists ignore a simple feedback loop, and that blindness is handing power to authoritarians.
3.37
404
💰 Economic Philosophy📉 Boom-Bust Cycles🗽 Open Societies
In Defense of Open Society Summary
In Defense of Open Society 86%
Economists ignore a simple feedback loop, and that blindness is handing power to authoritarians.
by George Soros 2019
3.37
404 ratings
💰 Economic Philosophy📉 Boom-Bust Cycles🗽 Open Societies
Against the Gods
by Peter L. Bernstein • 1996
The modern world began when humans stopped blaming the gods and started calculating the odds.
3.95
15k+
🛡️ Risk Management📜 Financial History🎲 Probability Theory
Against the Gods Summary
Against the Gods 86%
The modern world began when humans stopped blaming the gods and started calculating the odds.
by Peter L. Bernstein 1996
3.95
15k+ ratings
🛡️ Risk Management📜 Financial History🎲 Probability Theory
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