Interesting! I never thought of myself that way. I would say, at the very least, I believe in some degree of co-creation though I\'m not sure what the percentage. Not a Calvinist, but not a new-age guru either--thinking we create our reality entirely or some such stuff like that. I\'d be more of a Taleb-ist in this case. I do think humans completely flawed in almost everything we do, esp. when we try to link cause and effect or invent narratives to explain life.
Taleb might say, perhaps, the random (favorable in this case) black swan isn\'t enough to come your way or Borel\'s way -- we need at least to do two things: take freaking advantage of it (which, of course, your man Borel certainly does well), and the other thing is don\'t take the success too personally.
What I mean by that, not so much for jockeys but more for investors (or gamblers) is don\'t assume you had anything to do with the favorable black swan coming your way--not your skills or brilliant mind or whatever, just some randomness, and, most importantly, if you make a freaky score--afterwards, play it very conservatively for the most part, thinking, if indeed it is a favorable black swan, there may never be another series of events like this in my lifetime, so I shouldn\'t expect this success to follow me for the next twenty years. Don\'t take too much credit for it and let it go to your head, or you will have your own unfavorable black swan in the near future that will most likely wipe you off the face of the earth.
My posts, if they have any relevance at all, are more geared toward the way people look at Borel, rather than the man himself. Has nothing to do with him. If he\'s buying Porsche\'s bad idea, if he\'s playing it cool, saving the cash for a rainy day--good move. That kind of thing.
