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“If you can't put your soul into something, give it up and leave that stuff to someone else.”

Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Book:Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a renowned author, scholar, and thinker whose unique perspective and profound insights have had a wide-reaching impact in fields such as finance, statistics, and philosophy. He is best known for his books 'The Black Swan' and 'Fooled by Randomness', which have explored the nature of uncertainty, risk, and probability theory. more

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