February 2011
17 posts
January 2011
34 posts
Black swan theory →
bestofwikipedia:
The Black Swan Theory or “Theory of Black Swan Events” was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain: 1. The disproportionate role of high-impact, hard to predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance and technology 2. The non-computability of the probability of the consequential rare events using scientific...
laughingsquid:
Put This On: The Story of When Lyndon Johnson Needed To Buy Pants
The man, the legend.
Turns out people are doing awesome stuff on soundcloud. This is a fun example. Makes me smile :)