Black swans come in both positive and negative flavors

John Maeda
3 min readMar 4, 2021
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There’s been plenty of talk over the past year about the “black swan” event of COVID-19.

Thanks to the work of Hajj Flemings, a friend and a CEO, I’ve long been thinking about how we use the word “black.” So I was intrigued by this letter to the Financial Times written last fall by a professor of finance, and the…

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John Maeda

John Maeda: Technologist and product experience leader that bridges business, engineering, design via working inclusively. Currently VP Design and A.I. at MSFT.