Posts Tagged ‘fooled by randomness’

There is no Law in the ‘Law’ of Attraction

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Books, Consumerism, Marketing, Money, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Spin, The Brain, Videos | Jan 30, 2009 | Tags: abraham, consciousness, fooled by randomness, geoff covin, hudson river plane crash, kluge, law of attraction, malcolm galdwell, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, NYT, NYT bestseler, oprah, outliers, personal development, rhonda byrne, secret, slef help, success, success formula, talent is overrated, the secret, us airways | 2 Comments

Laws are not selective, unless you’re either rich, powerful, a celebrity , politically connected, or know someone who is when you break one. Gravity is a law. It works 100% of the time with no excuses whether you like it or not. In fact, you don’t have to buy a book or movie to see ...Read more.

Everything is Great …Until it’s Not

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Books, Psychology, The Brain | Oct 24, 2008 | Tags: 9/11, alan greenspan, chile, current events, economic crisis, economic plan, economy, financial crisis, fooled by randomness, General Pinochet, john mccain, news, Pinochet | No Comments

Yesterday Alan Greenspan told congress `That is precisely the reason I was shocked because I’d been going for 40 years or more with very considerable evidence that it was working exceptionally well.” This is a great example of how we are blindly influenced by the way our brains make meaning in the world. What ...Read more.

Our “Unpredictable” Economic Crisis Was Predicted 12 Years Ago

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Books, Money, Politics, Spin, Videos | Oct 8, 2008 | Tags: bailout, bank crisis, banking, current events, economic crisis, financial crisis, fooled by randomness, greed, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, news, the black swan, wall street | 1 Comment

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the #1 NYT Best Selling author of Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets and The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, predicted the current banking crisis 12 years ago. As a trader for 18 years, and an intelligent critical thinker his entire ...Read more.