I finished Taleb’s The Black Swan yesterday. Certainly one of the best nonfiction books I have read in a long time, I highly recommend it to everyone (though I can think of some people who would probably want to burn it). I must admit I became a bit lost in some of the more technical parts, but this is one of those rare books which I’d love to read again sometime. (The only book I’ve actually ever reread is Ayn Rand’s The Art of Fiction. I’ve been meaning to reread Godel, Escher, Bach again for some time, but never made myself find time for it.)

I was introduced to Taleb’s work through Michael Allen’s blog. He wrote a book (which is available as a free PDF download) called On the Survival of Rats in the Slush Pile, which I also highly recommend (at least for writers). I was quite happy to see Allen’s book referenced in The Black Swan. (I also recommend Allen’s The Truth About Writing, also available as a free PDF download.)

Many thanks to Taleb (and Allen) for the great books!

And, of course, I do have some quotes from The Black Swan that I’d like to add to the book quotes blog eventually. (I’m really lazy about all my other blogs.)

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