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Fooled by Randomness [Nassim Nicholas Taleb]

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

nassim nicholas taleb, the improbable best selling author of the black swan believes that success is illusionary (at times it seems he believes everything is illusionary - it’s all random, all luck!). his main thesis is that luck is often behind what we normally perceive to be success and that humans are hard-wired to under-estimate the role that randomness plays via various biases.

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MBA 'Class of 2010'

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I was accepted to the Columbia Business School today (May 7 2008) and I am thrilled.
I figured I’d kick-start this blog with the good news. The plan here is to share my MBA experience as well as random bits + pieces on the worlds of media, tech and culture.
MBA blogs have been super useful for […]

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