The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
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“Obviously it can be a mistake to assign brilliance in proportion to wealth.”
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 10, The Drunkard's Walk, p. 209
Contexto: Obviously it can be a mistake to assign brilliance in proportion to wealth. We cannot see a persons potential, only his or her results, so we often misjudge people by thinking that the results must reflect the person. The normal accident theory of life shows not that the connection between actions and rewards is random but that random influences are as important as our qualities and actions.
“The theory of randomness is fundamentally a codification of common sense.”
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 2, The Laws Of Truths And Half - Truths, p. 21 (See also: William Feller)
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 10, The Drunkard's Walk, p. 199-200
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 10, The Drunkard's Walk, p. 212
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 10, The Drunkard's Walk, p. 211
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 1, Peering Through The Eyepiece Of Randomness, p. 13
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 7, Measurement And The Law Of Errors, p. 129
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 8, The Order In Chaos, p. 162
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 9, Illusions Of Pattens And Patterns Of Illusions, p. 170-171
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 5, The Dueling Of Large And Small Numbers, p. 99
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 1, Peering Through The Eyepiece Of Randomness, p. 4
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 10, The Drunkard's Walk, p. 201
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 5, The Dueling Of Large And Small Numbers, p. 89
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 4, Tracking The Pathways To Success, p. 65
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 10, The Drunkard's Walk, p. 217
Fonte: The Drunkard's Walk, Chapter 2, The Laws Of Truths And Half - Truths, p. 28