First published in 2007, The Black Swan’s influence has continued to be felt, and its advice ignored as people continue to be surprised by events.
Category: The limits of knowledge
Think of all the lives we could save with a permanent lockdown
As Australia considers loosening the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, I post on a more contemporary topic than usual
Book review: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
As the name suggests, this book is brief, very brief in fact – the seven lessons are about 10 pages each. But there is great deal of wisdom packed in this brevity.
Hubris and Nemesis: or what the Ancient Greeks knew about beating the market
In Homer’s Iliad the heroes strike blows and fire arrows that on their own may not be enough to do… Read more Hubris and Nemesis: or what the Ancient Greeks knew about beating the market
Book review: Centuries of Darkness
Centuries of Darkness makes a powerful case for over-turning the traditional chronology of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean and Middle East, and the subsequent assumed Greek and other Dark Ages.