Black Swan

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Finding fresh horror movies can pose a challenge. Of course, new nightmares come to theaters regularly and plenty of streaming services have sections dedicated to the genre. But horror is as complex and varied as its morbid fanbase. It has a wide range of styles, mixed levels of intensity, and…

People behaving badly — Revisiting a seminal 2007 paper modeling WoW's Corrupted Blood incident. Jennifer Ouellette - Mar 16, 2020 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / Hakkar the Soulflayer was the primary source of infection for the "Corrupted Blood" outbreak in World of Warcraft.Blizzard EntertainmentWhen it comes to a global pandemic,…

MIT's campus in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA. MIT is among hundreds of colleges and universities ... that have canceled live classes. Boston Globe via Getty Images It is hard to imagine many higher risk sites for the spread of the coronavirus than college campuses. Students live in close proximity, take…

Must be nice to be cash-heavy right now. The wealthy investors who constitute Tiger 21, a group with more than 750 members worth in excess of $75 billion, raised their cash positions last year to 12% of their diversified portfolio, a level not seen since 2013. As for the rest…

Getty Europeans once believed swans were only white. Then they discovered black swans in Australia. As investors, we continually face events that test our belief systems. Nicholas Nassim Taleb wrote a book on this subject titled, The Black Swan. ‘Black swans’ have three main characteristics: 1.    They are unpredictable 2.   Have a…

Black swan theory or a black swan event is a term used to describe a very rare or otherwise ... unexpected event that has a major effect. The term is based on an ancient saying which presumed black swans did not exist. Getty Black Swan events, as the thinking goes,…

The epicenter of Washington state's coronavirus outbreak has a disturbing status update.Life Care Center of Kirkland, Washington, outside of Seattle, has seen 15 of its residents die after contracting COVID-19, and dozens of its workers haven fallen ill. The center's remaining 55 residents are going to be tested for the…

When a health epidemic or pandemic impacts the way your business operates, it can feel as if things are completely out of your control. The coronavirus outbreak is the most recent example. The results will be short term and long term. How do you manage such “black swan” events? It’s…

Deep Kalra, founder & chairman, MakeMyTrip, Rajan Anandan, managing director, Sequoia Capital and Yashish Dahiya, co-founder & CEO, Policybazaar at ET GBS.Startups are constantly grappling with uncertainty ranging from changing investor sentiment around funding, business environment and a competitive landscape. But the outbreak of Covid-19 is an unprecedented event which…