I only read the first 13 pages of this book, plus the prologue, but that was enough. In the first few pages he name-drops people like Umberto Eco and Nabokov, tells us about people who were rather unknown five years ago (but forgets to tell us that they are still rather unknown now), and compares himself to people in history who are/were actually influential. For a man who claims he is not writing an autobiography, he really works hard to impress the reader. He adds little bits of information in parentheses, between dashes, and then tacks some on with footnotes, all in some bizarre attempt to sound funny or cute or intelligent, but he really just sounds like a jerk. For a guy writing a book that claims "what we don't know is more important that we do know," he really wants the reader to know that he sure knows a whole lot. He also tries to be really conversational and funny, but he isn't funny, and he keeps coming up with examples (some good, some bad) to illustrate and re-illustrate his points. For better or worse, though, he does have a good point - black swans are out there and can change everything we know in instant, and some people refuse to acknowledge or let others know about these potential swans.

Unfortunately, it may have been the worst beginning of any book I have ever read... that's why I didn't get past page 13.