“It is painful to think about ruthlessness as an engine of improvement.” — Nassim Taleb, Antifragile
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“The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it.” — Nassim Taleb, Fooled by Randomness
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“Mild success can be explainable by skills and labor. Wild success is attributable to variance.” — Nassim Taleb, Fooled by Randomness
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“Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed.” — Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes
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“The more we try to turn history into anything other than an enumeration of accounts to be enjoyed with minimal theorizing, the more we get into trouble.” — Nassim Taleb, The Black Swan
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“Those who have nothing to prove never say that they have nothing to prove.” — Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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“Many are so unoriginal they study history to find mistakes to repeat.” — Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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“Over the long term, you are more likely to fool yourself than others.” — Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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“In most debates, people seem to be trying to convince one another; but all they can hope for is new arguments to convince themselves.” — Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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“Most feed their obsessions by trying to get rid of them.” — Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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