Comment / Against the odds: Ever Given – from Black Swan to white swan

Yet another Black Swan event… honestly, if they keep coming along at this rate the real surprise will be a white swan event.

(In case you missed it, our Thursday “Ever Given – a black swan event?” coverage is here)

Using black swans as a symbol for unforeseen events dates back to the first western exploration of Australia and the discovery of black swans – before that, whiteness was an innate characteristic of swans – and has subsequently been used as prime evidence ...