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You get pseudo-order when you seek order you only get a measure of order and control when you embrace randomness.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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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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