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We cannot truly plan, because ...

We cannot truly plan, because we do not understand the future-but this is not necessarily a bad news. We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations. It just takes guts.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

Heroes are heroes because they...

Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

The only valid political syste...

The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

To bankrupt a fool, give him i...

To bankrupt a fool, give him information.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

Probability is not a mere comp...

Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

It is my great hope someday, t...

It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

A Stoic is someone who transfo...

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

I remind myself of Einstein's ...

I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18...

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

What America does best is prod...

What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

If you see fraud and do not sa...

If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

Bitcoin is the beginning of so...

Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

Never trust a journalist unles...

Never trust a journalist unless she's your mother.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

Philosophers talk about truth ...

Philosophers talk about truth and falsehood. People in life talk about payoff, exposure, and consequences (risks and rewards), hence fragility and antifragility. And sometimes philosophers and thinkers and those who study conflate Truth with risks and rewards.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

My point taken further is that...

My point taken further is that True and False (hence what we call 'belief') play a poor, secondary role in human decisions; it is the payoff from the True and the False that dominates-and it is almost always asymmetric, with one consequence much bigger than the other, i.e., harboring positive and negative asymmetries (fragile or antifragile). Let me explain.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

If you sat with a pencil and j...

If you sat with a pencil and jotted down all the decisions you've taken in the past week, or, if you could, over your lifetime, you would realize that almost all of them have had asymmetric payoff, with one side carrying a larger consequence than the other. You decide principally based on fragility, not probability. Or to rephrase, You decide principally based on fragility, not so much on True/False.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

An ad hominem attack against a...

An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message.

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Every social association that ...

Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

Your reputation is harmed the ...

Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

If you don't feel that you hav...

If you don't feel that you haven't read enough, you haven't read enough.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

They will envy you for your su...

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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