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Please, don’t drive a school bus blindfolded.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 11
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Nassim Nicholas Najib Taleb
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History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, [...] The generator of historical events is different from the events themselves, much as the minds of the gods cannot be read just by witnessing their deeds.
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But it remains the case that you know what is wrong with a lot more confidence than you know what is right.
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Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.
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Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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