Title: Fooled By The Hype On The Cover and The Ramble Inside
Review: I had been looking forward to reading this book for some time but I was too busy in my job as a securities analyst. The title was enticing because it seemed to hint at some of the same conclusions about stock markets that I had come to in my 20 years of analysing stocks.I was very disappointed with the book. I couldn't bring myself to finish it. Much of the text is full of long-winded padding. The smugness and the name-dropping and the sneering at those less brainy than the undoubtedly smart Mr. Taleb himself were intensely irritating. Frankly, a huge opportunity was lost here. The title promised much more than what was delivered. Mr. Taleb's rambling self-absorption in his own cleverness and the stream of consciousness style that pervades much of the book is offputting and slightly nauseating.
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