human error risk and decision making in a world we don t understand The other books in the series are The Black Swan Antifragile and The Bed of Procrustes Taleb is Wall Street s principal dissident Fooled By Randomness is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther s ninety nine theses were to the Catholic Church Malcolm Gladwell The New Yorker Finally in paperback the word of mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world This book is about luck more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill the world of business Fooled by Randomness is an irreverent iconoclastic eye opening and endlessly entertaining exploration of one of the least understood forces in all of our lives

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