The Roots of Unfairness: the Black Swan in Arts and Literature

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  • Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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It is a sad fact that among a large cohort of artists and writers, almost all will struggle (say, work for Starbucks) while a small number will derive a disproportionate share of fame and attention. The same applies to the so-called masterpieces that determine a canon: a few pieces displace others from the lists in a “winner-take-all” effect –all the while the neglected pieces languish and disappear from our literary consciousness.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004