tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1857614558427262535..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: The Black SwanAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-6050620006741435112007-08-23T23:28:00.000-04:002007-08-23T23:28:00.000-04:00I'm about half-way through it too. Great read. I...I'm about half-way through it too. Great read. I may have to get Fooled by Randomness too.jlbusseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09393569258457198446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-89938417422534756102007-08-23T21:00:00.000-04:002007-08-23T21:00:00.000-04:00My brother borrowed my "new" copy (actually, bough...My brother borrowed my "new" copy (actually, bought used from a local 2nd hand book store) before I could read it and hasn't returned it yet. But, not to worry, I have a lein on his firstborn till he gets it back to me. What I did skim of it showed that it was pretty damn powerful. One of the few books that I've found equally entertaining and educational and mind expanding and.... Was Isaac Asimov's <I>The Left Hand Of The Electron</I> which though written perhaps 30 years ago, is still an excellent read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-22496128398161055322007-08-22T11:03:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:03:00.000-04:00Reading Taleb's Fooled by Randomness left me reeli...Reading Taleb's <I>Fooled by Randomness</I> left me reeling on many levels. Like pulling away a big denial crutch. In a good way. Rather like first reading Winnicott, or David Berlinski's <I>The Advent of the Algorithm</I>.<BR/><BR/>Still some great writing and thinking happening out there in the MSM-colonized wasteland!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com