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neurodiverse

People who have cognitive conditions such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or dyslexia are said to be “neurodiverse”: “Companies are realizing that neurodiverse people can bring special skills and new perspectives to the workplace.”

black swan event

A “black swan event” is extremely rare, cannot be predicted and has serious, widespread consequences. After the event, people will insist that it could have been predicted. The term was coined by Lebanese-american statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book The Black Swan, which came out in 2007: “Government leaders are calling the coronavirus a black swan event.”