Understanding The Black Swan

Coping with Ignorance and Uncertainty

The Scandal of Prediction

The Logic and Illusion of the World

Information and Its Misinterpretation

The Narrative Fallacy and our Minds

The Problem of Induction and the Limits of Statistics

The Emergence of Extremistan

The Bell Curve and its Failures

The Ethical Consequences of Black Swans

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a philosophical and scientific exploration into the unpredictable nature of life, economics, and the world at large. Taleb defines 'Black Swan' as a highly improbable event with massive impact and discusses how these events shape our world in unexpected ways.