# Incerto by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

2 Hacker News commenters recommended Incerto by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for sharpening judgment about randomness, uncertainty and bogus claims; one reader rereads it regularly to refresh that skepticism.

## Why people recommend it

- Sharpens skepticism toward bogus claims (1 comments): "rereading the Incerto by Taleb just to refresh and sharpen my bullshit senses" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155636))
- Good source on anti-models (1 comments): "On anti-models, read NN Taleb's books (the Incerto )" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478636))

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- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/059324365X?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780593243657) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Incerto by Nassim Nicholas Taleb", https://hackerapproved.com/p/incerto/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).