The Black Swan所謂黑天鵝，是指看似極不可能發生的事件，它具三大特性：不可預測性；衝擊力強大；以及，一旦發生之後，我們會編造出某種解釋，使它看起來不如實際上那麼隨機，而且更易於預測。Google的驚人成就就是一個黑天鵝事件；九一一也是。作者認為黑天鵝潛藏在幾乎每一件事的背後——從宗教之興起，到我們個人生活中的大小事件。 為什麼要等到事情發生之後，我們才認得出黑天鵝現象呢？部分的答案是，
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