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Famous Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.”
“What we need to do is break the financial community's grip on society.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“You need a story to displace a story.”
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