The Black Swan: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Black Swan runs an estimated 12.4 hours (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 12.4 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 82% of the business audiobooks we measured.
- That's 24% longer than the average business audiobook (10 hrs across 259 titles in our dataset).
Computed from business audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for business listeners: a solid week of commutes at 12.4 hours (estimated).
About the book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.” A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives. Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focused on generalities.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Swan as an audiobook?
The Black Swan runs about 12.4 hours, our estimate from its 421 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Black Swan free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is The Black Swan worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Black Swan first published?
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, David Chandler, Nassim N. Taleb was first published in 2005.
