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The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
430 pages2008
Philosophy
About This Book
The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? Why should you ne...
Reading Time Estimates
10h 57m
slow reader
180 WPM
7h 53m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 38m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 118,250 wordsπ
16 days at 30 min/day
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7 hours 53 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
8 hours 46 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
13 hours 8 min
Audio 2x
6 hours 34 min
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