Comments on: black swans and icebergs http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/ the curious study of broken things Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:50:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Sanford Fehrman http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-154037 Sanford Fehrman Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:29:16 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-154037 wonderful details thanks wonderful details thanks

]]> By: knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-63635 knackeredhack Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:14:04 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-63635 Ken I will next time. The challenge is how to protect yourself in terms of practical action and also be able to deal with reversal when it is unavoidable. Tim Ken

I will next time.

The challenge is how to protect yourself in terms of practical action and also be able to deal with reversal when it is unavoidable.

Tim

]]> By: Ken Smith http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-63057 Ken Smith Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:14:16 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-63057 Please ask Professor Taleb- What is the difference between unforseeable and unknowable? Could this be the black swan engine he speaks of? For one is undiscernable save by thought, and the other, is undiscernable.......at all. Thanks, liked your interview. Please ask Professor Taleb-

What is the difference between unforseeable and unknowable? Could this be the black swan engine he speaks of? For one is undiscernable save by thought, and the other, is undiscernable…….at all.

Thanks, liked your interview.

]]> By: the knackered hack » 66 characters in search of a story http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-7867 the knackered hack » 66 characters in search of a story Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:26:53 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-7867 [...] newspaper model, starting from one geek’s mailing list of local events. Newmark is a business black swan to you if you are a journalist or [...] [...] newspaper model, starting from one geek’s mailing list of local events. Newmark is a business black swan to you if you are a journalist or [...]

]]> By: Nassim Taleb http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-7731 Nassim Taleb Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:54:10 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-7731 [...] of the best ways to exposing yourself to potential personal positive black swan events is to “maximise the serendipity around you” that produces positive outcomes. He advocates living in big cities and going to lots of [...] [...] of the best ways to exposing yourself to potential personal positive black swan events is to “maximise the serendipity around you” that produces positive outcomes. He advocates living in big cities and going to lots of [...]

]]> By: a northern rock and a hard place » knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-2884 a northern rock and a hard place » knackeredhack Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:29:23 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-2884 [...] Forgive me if I sound a little tetchy, but the literature on rare events is far from lying obscure on library shelves. These are the books that would have informed an expectation that the credit markets might implode one day soon:- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (of course), Nassim Taleb, pub Sep 2001 The (Mis)behaviour of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin and Reward, Benoit Mandelbrot, pub Oct 2004 The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Taleb, pub Apr 2007 (See our interview series here and book review). [...] [...] Forgive me if I sound a little tetchy, but the literature on rare events is far from lying obscure on library shelves. These are the books that would have informed an expectation that the credit markets might implode one day soon:- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (of course), Nassim Taleb, pub Sep 2001 The (Mis)behaviour of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin and Reward, Benoit Mandelbrot, pub Oct 2004 The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Taleb, pub Apr 2007 (See our interview series here and book review). [...]

]]> By: Poetry http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-1672 Poetry Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:11:01 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-1672 <strong>black swan...</strong> I’m going to get this guy’s book. I just saw him interviewed. it was amazing. the book is about why I can’t know if I should move to baltimore. I don’t think that’s apparent from the wikipedia entries. it was apparent... black swan…

I’m going to get this guy’s book. I just saw him interviewed. it was amazing. the book is about why I can’t know if I should move to baltimore. I don’t think that’s apparent from the wikipedia entries. it was apparent…

]]> By: Scoble: my meta data librarian « AccMan http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Scoble: my meta data librarian « AccMan Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:30:18 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-1240 [...] that extent, Robert is acting in similar fashion to Umberto Eco and as described by KnackeredHack (reference courtesy of Thomas Otter:) …Umberto Eco’s library, and the two types of people [...] [...] that extent, Robert is acting in similar fashion to Umberto Eco and as described by KnackeredHack (reference courtesy of Thomas Otter:) …Umberto Eco’s library, and the two types of people [...]

]]> By: Fooled by Randomness. Black Swans, Donkeys and Turkeys. « Vendorprisey http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Fooled by Randomness. Black Swans, Donkeys and Turkeys. « Vendorprisey Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:56:09 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-1234 [...] little googling and I discovered  Knackeredhack he has a good review of the book here ,as well as an excellent [...] [...] little googling and I discovered  Knackeredhack he has a good review of the book here ,as well as an excellent [...]

]]> By: fractal mafia and the roman doctor at the knackered hack http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/comment-page-1/#comment-185 fractal mafia and the roman doctor at the knackered hack Wed, 09 May 2007 20:37:15 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/04/black-swans-and-icebergs/#comment-185 [...] all the discussion of Mandelbrot in Taleb’s book, I had the idea that we might post a fractal for your delight once a week. Perhaps we’d call [...] [...] all the discussion of Mandelbrot in Taleb’s book, I had the idea that we might post a fractal for your delight once a week. Perhaps we’d call [...]

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