I originally picked up the Black Swan a year or so ago, found Taleb's writing style difficult and put it down. I came across a reference to Taleb again recently and decided to try Fooled by Randomness. Again, the style is difficult - I personally think he would have benefitted by having a rigorous editor (like a lawyer - though I get the feeling that suggestion would horrify him). I keep feeling like he is dancing around the point in each paragraph instead of just saying it. That's not totally fair, it is not every paragraph, just a lot of them.
His idea that there is a lot of randomness in the world is well taken (as is his point that no one who is successful wants to attribute any of it to randomness).
I am still reading it, so I will have more to say later.
Taleb's homepage here.
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