“...maximize the serendipity around you.”
Source: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility
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Famous Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“He who has never sinned is less reliable than he who has only sinned once.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“I want to live happily in a world I don’t understand.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
“Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“An idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“What kills me makes others stronger.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“Only the autodidacts are free.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms