Title: Interesting topic, but poor execution.
Product review: Taleb claims in the introduction that he wrote the book without doing any library research. Believe the man.The overall subject of the book is interesting, and the author makes some good points here and there. However, he doesn't support his points with many references or specific examples. The book is disorganized and rambling, and Taleb often raises subjects without really explaining them thoroughly. If I didn't already know about the demise of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), then Taleb's comments on this topic would have left me scratching my head.Taleb also irritates with his constant name-dropping and providing irrelevant, personal details about the people he describes.Avoid this book, unless Taleb gets a good editor and comes out with a heavily revised edition.
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