Author | Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
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Language | English |
Series | Incerto |
Subject | Human knowledge, Statistics, Philosophy, Finance |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 2001 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print, e-book |
Pages | 316 |
ISBN | 0-8129-7521-9 |
OCLC | 60349198 |
123/.3 22 | |
LC Class | HG4521 .T285 2005 |
Followed by | The Black Swan |
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets is a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that deals with the fallibility of human knowledge. It was first published in 2001. Updated editions were released a few years later. The book is the first part of Taleb's multi-volume philosophical essay on uncertainty, titled the Incerto, which also includes The Black Swan (2007–2010), The Bed of Procrustes (2010–2016), Antifragile (2012), and Skin in the Game (2018).