5 thoughts on “Three Books”

1. By “soon” I assume you mean one or two decades 🙂

2. Like to see the review of The Undercover Economist first if you don’t mind. I hope you noticed that Hillary Clinton’s $5000 for every baby born in the U.S. was mentioned first in this book.

3. Nassim Taleb’s latest one is Black Swan – a fairly unique book where he trashes most conventional wisdom, but a bit dense one. He says Randomness was a precursor to Black Swan. I’m a slow reader and probably take months to read the second half.

4. I didn’t get the insurance and health-care part but his comparison with the track race to me seemed underwhelming. I don’t know how torturing reality goes, but torturing analogies usually results in bad policies.

5. I had to throw away Fooled By Randomness after somehow reaching the middle of the book. Yes Mr Taleb, we get your point but you don’t have to repeat it a thousand times. Also, next time try using the services of a professional editor.

   PS: Black Swan is a better read.

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