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Product: The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
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"A masterly book." (Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan)

"A classic." (Simon Kuper, Financial Times)

An economist explores the five laws that confirm our worst fears: Stupid people can and do rule the world.

Throughout history, a powerful force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military. It has global catastrophic effects and can be found anywhere from the world's most powerful boardrooms to your local bar.

It is human stupidity.

Carlo M. Cipolla, noted professor of economic history at the UC Berkeley, created this vitally important book in order to detect and neutralize its threat. Both hilarious and dead serious, it will leave you better equipped to confront political realities, unreasonable colleagues, or your next dinner with your in-laws.

The Laws:

Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals among us.

The probability that a certain person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.

A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person while deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses themselves.

Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals.

A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains the gain and loss graphs from the book.

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Product: Summary of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Fooled By Randomness by Swift Reads
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (2001) explains how humans routinely underestimate the role luck plays in determining outcomes. This failure to account for uncertainty can lead someone to attribute meaning to a result where none exists, or to overlook the probability of a rare but cataclysmic event....

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Product: Jugarse la piel: Asimetrías ocultas en la vida cotidiana (Contextos) (Spanish Edition)
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En uno de sus libros más provocadores, el famoso pensador Nassim Nicholas Taleb redefine lo que significa comprender el mundo, tener éxito en una profesión, contribuir a una sociedad justa y equitativa, detectar el absurdo e influir en los demás. Citando ejemplos que van desde Hammurabi a Séneca, o del gigante Anteo a Donald Trump, Taleb demuestra cómo la voluntad de aceptar los propios riesgos es un atributo esencial de héroes, santos e individuos prósperos en todos los ámbitos de la sociedad.

Un desafío a las antiguas creencias sobre los valores de aquellos que dirigen las intervenciones militares, realizan inversiones financieras y difunden credos religiosos.