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My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism
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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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We should probably stop trading derivatives, anything more complex than regular options ... I am an options trader, and I don't understand options. How do you want a regulator to understand them?
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This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.
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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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Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.
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To bankrupt a fool, give him information.
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