Tag: black-swan

The notion of a “black swan” popularised by philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb, describes rare, unpredictable events with profound and often catastrophic consequences. In the annals of ancient history, such events—cataclysmic floods, cosmic impacts, and vanishing rivers—may have reshaped human civilisation in ways we are only beginning to comprehend. Younger Dryas: A Cosmic Catastrophe? The Younger…