White House needs to prepare for future disasters right now

Published July 6, 2010 4:00am ET



Why are we so shocked by implausible events of massive consequence?

Nassin Nicholas Taleb explores that question in his bestselling book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.

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