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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Inspirational Quotes (204)

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But they never notice the following inconsistency: this so-called worst-case event, when it happened, exceeded the worst case at the time.
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Anything that provides you with very, very stable income, very stable conditions, maybe generally stable, that often, it masks real risks, risks of blow-ups.
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Forecasting by bureaucrats tends to be used for anxiety relief rather than for adequate policy making.
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If something is going on, I hear about it. I like to talk to people, I socialise. Television is a waste of time. Human contact is what matters.
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Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same the antifragile gets better.
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My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism
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The bonus for bankers fragilizes the system. Someone has the upside at the expense of others.
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Alan Greenspan is unskilled you don't take the unskilled seriously.
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By setting oneself totally free of constraints, free of thoughts, free of this debilitating activity called work, free of efforts, elements hidden in the texture of reality start staring at you then mysteries that you never thought existed emerge in front of your eyes.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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The twentieth century was the bankruptcy of the social utopia the twenty-first will be that of the technological one.
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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.
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