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Aesthetics, ethics, and many good things in humans are contagious.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 11
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Economist
Essayist
Mathematician
Philosopher
Statistician
University Teacher
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Nassim Nicholas Najib Taleb
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.
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A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see
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Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.
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