Title: Fooled by Nassim Taleb
Product review: I can only guess that because Mr. Taleb has written a book specifically targeted to the media's tastes (without any troublesome math or any numbers at all) he has attained a protected status that puts him outside the realm of mortals subject to criticism. His success reminds me of the Midwestern sage whose non-dividend-paying stock is at around the same price it was in March 1998 and yet who remains the "world's most successful investor" on countless magazine covers, TV programs and newspaper copy.That a piece of empty intellectual snobbery like "Fooled by Randomness" should be hailed far and wide is unfathomable except in a world bent on shallowness. If anyone who read Fooled by Randomness at its publication can summarize its conclusions with a straight face today, I would like to hear from him.
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