Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The point of this list is to illustrate the acceleration. Look at the difference in odds between 60 and 70 centimeters taller than average: for a mere increase of four inches, we go from one in 1 billion people to one in 780 billion!