Has anyone read "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives"?

**PAULYPOKER** · 04-05-14, 02:45 PM

**gui_m_p** · 04-09-14, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by James Marques

I picked it up a couple of days ago upon suggestion by a friend, and I'll be dammed if I couldn't put the thing down. A lot of great insight into the impact of randomness on just about every system one could think of.

I was wondering if anyone else has read this book? Thoughts? Impressions? Other books like this I should check out?

Thanks in advance.

I read it and like it. But if you know a little about probability you won't find the book that special. Nate Silver's "The signal and the noise" is about predictions too.

**James Marques** · 04-09-14, 12:26 PM

Just picked it up off Amazon... Thanks for the recommendation!

**hotcoffee76** · 04-11-14, 12:19 AM

I picked it up as well. So far so good. I just finished Trading Bases, so am in the right mind set for this,

**lamichaeljames** · 06-02-14, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by James Marques

Just picked it up off Amazon... Thanks for the recommendation!

How is this book?

**James Marques** · 06-02-14, 07:05 PM

Originally posted by lamichaeljames

How is this book?

Excellent. A lot of insight into how the internet age has granted us access to lots more information, and that often times this can be a BAD thing. Does some great analysis on how to combat overfitting. I learned a lot from it.