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black swan: a standalone construct

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black swan1 CONSTRUCTBlack swanTALEB · FUTURES STUDIES

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Futures studies

a rare, high-impact event that lies outside regular expectations and is explained only after the fact.

In futures studies, black swan refers to a rare, high-impact event that lies outside regular expectations and is explained only after the fact. This meaning comes from Taleb (2007) in The black swan: The impact of the highly improbable.[1]

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References

  1. Taleb, N. N. (2007). The black swan: The impact of the highly improbable. Random House. ISBN 9781400063512

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