Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a globally renowned thinker and philosopher best known for his "black swan theory," visited Armenia last week. He sat down with CivilNet’s Eric Hacopian to talk about science, artificial intelligence, and current societal developments. Taleb is the author of several bestselling books, including: -Dynamic Hedging: Managing Vanilla and Exotic Options (1997) -Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (2001) -The Black Swan: The Impact of the H

These are the 27 books that shaped his mind. 1. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 2. Zero to One by Peter Thiel 3. The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz 4. High Output Management by Andrew Grove 5. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries 6. Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie Munger 7.Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 8.12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson 9.The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi 10. Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink 11. Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins 12.