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		Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020 (medium.com/sequoia-capital)
		2 points by webmaven on May 19, 2022 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

gregjor on May 20, 2022 [–]

No, COVID was not a Black Swan event. So says the man who coined the phrase.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-pandemic-is...

A black swan event isn’t just a surprise that caused VCs to lose money or get scared.

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