The Mess We're In

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));Here a NY Times review of Nassim Nicholas' Taleb's somewhat prescient "The Black Swan."And essay by Taleb for the statistically-inclined here:http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/taleb08/