Nassim Nicholas Taleb is Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University Polytechnic Institute and the author of The Black Swan. A former derivatives trader, he is known for a multidisciplinary approach to the role of the high-impact rare event–across economics, philosophy, political science, finance, engineering, and history.

His current focus is on the fragility of systems and designing protocols to live in a world we don't understand.

His books have been published in 32 languages.