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Beware of black swans

Nassim Nicholas Taleb's though-provoking book The Black Swan is about the futility and danger of making and relying on forecasts. His "black swans" are big events that are completely unpredictable and that change everything. The 9/11 attacks and the rise of Google are two examples.

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