The Black Swan

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Join hosts Ashto and Jonesy as they dive into the powerful and inspiring book "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai. In this thought-provoking episode, they explore Malala's extraordinary journey from a young Pakistani girl to a global advocate for girls' education. Discover the resi ...  Show more

Nassim Nicholas Taleb's The Black Swan explores the significant impact of unpredictable, rare events—Black Swan events—that have massive consequences. The book critiques our tendency to create narratives that simplify complex realities, a narr ...

Business, like life, has patterns. But just as those patterns can help you understand what’s likely, they can blind you to what’s possible.

That might sound like a deep statement, maybe even a little philosophical for a business podcast. But this week’s Must-Read book, < ...

How can you survive something that is by its very definition unpredictable? The answer is unsurprisingly Antifragility & Serendipity. My Writing Online: https://atlasgeographica.com/how-to-survive-the-black-swan/ I also turned these ideas into a youtube video https://www.youtube. ...  Show more

Extremistan V. Mediocristan  One of the best takeaways from the Incerto & a fantastic way to think about the markets (outsized returns) and a fantastic way to measure broken beauracracy who think their processes are the cause of their success. These are two imaginative lands Nass ...  Show more