What a curious mix of "news" and a religious tradition.
I am also disappointed and puzzled that Nassim Taleb is not identified in the excerpt.
He is the originator of the term, "Black Swan." I thoroughly enjoyed both editions of his eponymous book.
OK.
I read the entire article at the link, and the term "Black Swan" is never defined.
For those who have not read or discussed Taleb's book, a Black Swan is an event with two characteristics :
1) It is a negative, profound, universal, has a domino effect never anticipated or even imagined, and...
2) After it occurs, all the pundits and experts claim that the event was so obvious it should have been anticipated.
Taleb is/was an economist.