Rating: Two Thumbs Up, Required Reading, with a note of caution.
This book review is hard for me to explain. On the one hand I want to say, go, go, go buy this book. On the other hand this book is not like Fooled By Randomness. Fooled By Randomness I feel was a book written because Taleb had some interesting musings. A book to amuse. The Black Swan is when Taleb gets on his soap box, explains, teaches, and rants.
It was funny at one point in the book Taleb points out how Merton Scholes sent Taleb a seven page discussion on how Taleb was a bozo, at least that is how I interpret the comment. I have people sending me email and comments on how I am a bozo, but I have as of yet not received seven pages. When you receive seven pages you pushed on somebody’s hot button.
