Aesthetics, ethics, and many good things in humans are contagious.
Nassim Nicholas TalebNever ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact - and if he were not, you could hurt his feelings.
Nassim Nicholas TalebStichwörter: tact
Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.
Nassim Nicholas TalebIf the past, by bringing surprises, did not resemble the past previous to it (what I call the past's past), then why should our future resemble our current past?
Nassim Nicholas TalebTo bankrupt a fool, give him information.
Nassim Nicholas TalebStichwörter: information
I will set aside the point that I see no special heroism in accumulating money, particularly if, in addition, the person is foolish enough to not even try to derive any tangible benefit from the wealth (aside from the pleasure of regularly counting the beans).
Nassim Nicholas TalebStichwörter: inspirational
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 Nicholas TalebThe appearance of busyness reinforces the perception of causality, of the link between results, and one's role in them.
Nassim Nicholas TalebAs a matter of fact, your happiness depends far more on the number of instances of positive feelings, what psychologists call "positive effect", then on their intensity when they hit. In other words, good news is good news first. How good matters rather little. So to have a pleasant life you should spread those small effects across time as evenly as possible. Plenty of mildly good news is preferable to one single lump of great news. The same is property in reverse applies to our unhappiness. It is better to lump all your pain into a brief period, rather than have it spread out over a long time.
Nassim Nicholas TalebIt 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.
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