Book · 2009 · Forecasting
The Black Swan
#96 of 13,863 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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- 35
- people
- 18
- podcasts
- 11
- episodes
- 26
- critical mentions
- 0
Nassim Taleb wrote the most important valuable book I've ever read in my life, The Black Swan: The Influence of the Highly Improbable.
What they say about it
- Mentioned alongside Fooled by Randomness“Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan”7

- Read multiple times or listen on Blinkist“a book that I've read several times”5

The best things said about it
And he introduced me to The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb, which is really about rare events and how poor humans are at predicting or even planning for rare events.
Tim Ferriss The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2013 Have you ever read The Black Swan? No, this is a great book by I think his name is Taleb, and basically his theory is that human beings spend all of our time justifying things that have already happened and sort of explaining them away.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2020 Black Swan theory essentially says that our minds are not capable of fully recognizing and appreciating anomalies in the market.
We mentioned The Black Swan by Taleb; I think that's a good sort of mind opener.
I don't if you come across called Nasim Talib. He wrote this book called The Black Swan and he's he was really um he's a he's a mathematician and he was in the financial markets and and he really kind of predicted the crash and understood all that.
Steve Hilton The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2014 Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
18 people who brought it up
Andrew Huberman5 mentions · 3 recs
Tim Ferriss7 mentions · 2 recs- JL Collins2 mentions · 2 recs
- Russ Tedrake2 mentions · 2 recs
- Drew Miller2 mentions · 1 rec
- Forrest Cooper2 mentions · 1 rec
Joe Rogan1 mention · 1 rec- Matt Mullenweg1 mention · 1 rec
Nassim Nicholas Taleb3 mentions
Jonathan Haidt2 mentions- Chris Camillo1 mention
- David Perell1 mention
Why people recommend it
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a provocative non-fiction book exploring the massive impact of rare, highly improbable events and human society's systemic blindness to uncertainty. On ChooseFI, JL Collins enthusiastically recommended the book while discussing rare market fluctuations. Dr. Drew Miller praised the text on Timcast IRL as the most valuable book he had ever read, noting that it shaped his approach to discussing future catastrophic risks. Andrew Huberman frequently cited the book on Huberman Lab, listing it alongside other influential titles as a vital source of knowledge and a staple in his reading and summary routines. Forrest Cooper also recommended Taleb's book on Timcast IRL, grouping it with Antifragile and Skin in the Game as essential reading for understanding decision-making and accountability under pressure. Additionally, Russ Tedrake recommended Taleb's broader series of works on the Lex Fridman Podcast to examine the underlying role of randomness in shaping historical outcomes. Across economics, science, and philosophy, podcast guests consistently praise Taleb's insights into unpredictability.
Every mention
Andrew Huberman Other books I've previously read and own, but listen to the Blinkist version of occasionally, include Tim F… 5
“Also from Nassim Taleb's book, The Black Swan and the great Matt Walker's book, Why We Sleep, which is a book that I've read several times and I actually listen to the synopsis of on Blinkist over and over because there's so many key takeaways.”
“For example, I'm a fan of Tim Ferris's *4-Hour Body*, which has provided me with much knowledge, as well as Nassim Taleb's *The Black Swan* and Matt Walker's *Why We Sleep*, the latter being a book I've read several times and frequently listen to summaries of on Blinkist due to the many takeaways it offers.”
“Other books that I've read before and that I own and enjoy, but I listened to the Blinkist version of from time to time are things like Tim Ferris's "The 4-Hour Body" or Tim Ferris's The 4-Hour Chef book, both of which are excellent or Nassim Taleb's "The Black Swan" and there are many other titles as well.”
“Other books I've previously read and own, but listen to the Blinkist version of occasionally, include Tim Ferris's 'The 4-Hour Body,' Tim Ferris's 'The 4-Hour Chef,' Nassim Taleb's 'The Black Swan,' and many other titles.”
“I've used it for, for instance, Matt Walker's "Why We Sleep," an excellent book on why we sleep as well as Tim Ferriss's "The 4-Hour Body," Nassim Taleb's "The Black Swan," and so on, and so on.”
Tim Ferriss you've got the Black Swan you have is it the 48 laws I can't read yeah 40 it was the already at laws of pow… 7
“i first read actually the the black swan and then went back to fool by randomists also read anti-fragile”
“I haven't read uh the Incerto, or Incherto, I'm not sure how to pronounce that, honestly, but I have read The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and some of his other writing, and I find it tremendously compelling.”
“Aha. So, for clarity, Tim, the Incerto, I'm assuming it's Incerto since he likes Italian, is the collection of the following books: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Antifragile. Some will include Skin in the Game. Great. Then I'm a fan of the collection.”
“you've got the Black Swan you have is it the 48 laws I can't read yeah 40 it was the already at laws of power and then mastery”
“For those people who aren't watching the video, you have and I'll read from the bottom up. You've got The Black Swan, you have is it The 48 Laws?”
“Uh and he introduced me to the black swan by Nasim Talib, which is really about rare events and how poor humans are at at predicting or even planning for rare events.”
“so Nasim Talib who wrote The Black Swan Fooled by Randomness”
JL Collins there's a book I forget the author's name but uh the guy wrote the book about black swans oh Nasim Nicholas… 2
“there's a book I forget the author's name but uh the guy wrote the book about black swans oh Nasim Nicholas taleb yeah so so he wrote this book The Black Swan which is which is a great book I highly recommend it”
“oh Nasim Nicholas taleb yeah so so he wrote this book The Black Swan which is which is a great book”
Russ Tedrake there's a great book by the way um look a series of books by nicholas taleb about fooled by randomness and… 2
“there's a great book by the way um look a series of books by nicholas taleb about fooled by randomness and black swan”
“we mentioned the black swan by taleb i think that's a good sort of mind opener”
Drew Miller Nasim Talib wrote the most important valuable book I've ever read in my life the Black Swan the influence o… 2
“that's what Nasim Talib wrote about in the Black Swan that were suckers for Black Swan events”
“Nasim Talib wrote the most important valuable book I've ever read in my life the Black Swan the influence of the highly improbable”
Forrest Cooper going back to Nicholas Nicholas Nasim taleb if you read if you want to read three books of his Black Swan a… 2
“one of the the title of the Blackstone event is most often attributed to Nicholas Naseem to Leb um now he is a he's both an economist he's been he's a professor he's he's an author he's kind of one of those Auto phages he's accomplished many things um but he um he wrote a book called The Black Swan”
“going back to Nicholas Nicholas Nasim taleb if you read if you want to read three books of his Black Swan anti-fragile skin in the game skin in the game means if I'm not if I'm the guy on the ground I know that I can make decisions because I know that if I'm looking at a combatant or non-combatant”
Joe Rogan have you ever read the black swan no this is a great book by um i think his name is talib and basically his… 1
“have you ever read the black swan no this is a great book by um i think his name is talib and basically his theory is that human beings spend all of our time justifying things uh that have already happened and sort of explaining them away”
Matt Mullenweg The second is a much more controversial author, but um I would say ever since I was exposed to one of his e… 1
“The second is a much more controversial author, but um I would say ever since I was exposed to one of his early works, Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan, I will probably always be a fan of Nassim Taleb.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb so I said okay it'll take some time off to finish the Black Swan which I couldn't finish when I was trainin… 3
“so I said okay it'll take some time off to finish the Black Swan which I couldn't finish when I was training which actually I started before F by Randomness”
“so but what happened is that you have to realize and this is something i saw with writings of black swan that we have more connectivity today than we did before”
“and it's uh i described it in the black swan there's that idea that visconti you know the filmmaker”
Jonathan Haidt a word coined by Nassim Taleb the guy who wrote the Black Swan because there are certain systems and he was… 2
“a word coined by Nassim Taleb the guy who wrote the Black Swan because there are certain systems and he was I think he was motivated by the collapse of the banking system”
“so he had predicted the collapse because he said the banking system is really convoluted and it's never been tested”
Chris Camillo I don't know if you guys ever read Nassim Taleb's book Black Swan, Mhm. but Black Swan theory essentially s… 1
“I don't know if you guys ever read Nassim Taleb's book Black Swan, Mhm. but Black Swan theory essentially says that our minds are not capable of fully recognizing and appreciating anomalies in the market”
David Perell Yeah, I'm thinking like if you have a book like Antifragile by Nassim Taleb or The Black Swan. 1
“Yeah, I'm thinking like if you have a book like Antifragile by Nassim Taleb or The Black Swan.”
George Mack yeah that's that comes from NASA Nutella NASA and Talib who wrote the Black Swan fooled by randomness and a… 1
“yeah that's that comes from NASA Nutella NASA and Talib who wrote the Black Swan fooled by randomness and a few other interesting concepts”
Ryan Holiday You know, the Black Swan wasn't a book about risk and then he just slaps on this title. I mean it's built a… 1
“You know, the Black Swan wasn't a book about risk and then he just slaps on this title. I mean it's built around the story, but you can you can do it a lot of different ways.”
Scott Patterson and also that the author full by rames had a new book coming out the black SW called The Black Swan which e… 1
“and also that the author full by rames had a new book coming out the black SW called The Black Swan which explained you know the transition from the author was trying to Transit”
Shaan Puri i forget what else he did black swan black swan yeah 1
“i forget what else he did black swan black swan yeah”
Steve Hilton I don't if you come across called Nasim Talib. He wrote this book called The Black Swan and he's he was rea… 1
“I don't if you come across called Nasim Talib. He wrote this book called The Black Swan and he's he was really um he's a he's a mathematician and he was in the financial markets and and he really kind of predicted the crash and understood all that”
Taylor Pearson i got this from there's a guy named naseem tuleb who's written a few books probably the most famous is a bo… 1
“i got this from there's a guy named naseem tuleb who's written a few books probably the most famous is a book called the black swan”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (10: passing, ad reads, own books)
“So, There's this great Nassim Taleb quote or tweet where he Taleb who wrote Black Swan and Antifragile.”
“I think in the black s skepticism where it matters and I noticed that a lot of these big Skeptics were not skeptical of God”
“so in the Black Swan I show the difference with the following metaphor there are environments where you may have a large deviation”
“I know Black Swan is read more now than it was a year after publication”
“and I explained it in the Black Swan right before it happened I looked at the risk of fannye by deserter”
“the blacks one what they s the most”
“they they cite Black Swan so that's good”
“I've used it for example with Matt Walker's 'Why We Sleep,' an excellent resource on sleep, as well as Tim Ferriss's 'The 4-Hour Body,' Nassim Taleb's 'The Black Swan,' and many others.”
“You know, the Black Swan wasn't a book about risk and then he just slaps on this title.”
“he is the author of the incerto his collection of books anti-fragile the black swan fooled by randomness the better per crusty's skin in the game”





