Title: Don't be fooled.
Product review: Taleb tips us off to his game in the book. Hidden in the many pages of gibberish, he mentions how authors who have little to offer to the human knowledge base write books, and if they can get word of mouth to reach a tipping point, the book will makes lots of money. He also describes a computer program that can string words together and make it sound like intelligent points are being made while all along it is actually saying nothing. Taleb has pulled a great prank on the publishing industry and his readers. I had to buy the book for a class and Taleb took my money like so many others. He is laughing all the way to the bank.Don't be fooled by intelligent sounding titles and self proclaimed intelligent writers. Don't waste time and money on this book, both are too scarce to squander.
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