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Fooled by Randomness

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Mindset & PsychologyIntermediate

Explores how luck is mistaken for skill and why we underestimate randomness in markets and careers.

Read it if

You want to be more skeptical of success stories and your own track record.

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