As a function of Italy's search for a reliable source of oil, AGIP, a division of ENI, is now a major global petroleum company.

FORBES: Overcoming Isolation

If we accept Mr. Taleb's premise about power-law ascendancy, we are left with a troubling question: How do you function in a world where accurate prediction is rarely possible, where history isn't a reliable guide to the future and where the most important events cannot be anticipated?

WSJ: Shattering the Bell Curve