If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Mots clés humor economics randomness



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Please, don’t drive a school bus blindfolded.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb


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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Mots clés success



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The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history

Nassim Nicholas Taleb


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It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one. Those who have followed the assertive idiot rather than the introspective wise person have passed us some of their genes. This is apparent from a social pathology: psychopaths rally followers.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb


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What I learned on my own I still remember

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Mots clés intelligence reading thinking education learning thought discovery academia schooling



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The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Mots clés wisdom intelligence nerd nerds truths iq nerdery



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Most info-Web-media-newspaper types have a hard time swallowing the idea that knowledge is reached (mostly) by removing junk from peoples heads

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Mots clés media journalism journalists clarity-of-thought fox-news media-journalism manufacturing-consent



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إن التصنيف حاجة ضرورية بالنسبة للبشر ، لكنه يصبح حالة مرَضية عندما يجري النظر إلى الفئة المصنفة نظرة تقريرية قاطعة ، الأمر الذي يمنع الناس من التفكير في ضبابية الحدود الموضوعة بين الناس والمجتمعات ، خلا عن إعادة النظر في تقسيم الناس إلى فئات

Nassim Nicholas Taleb


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We tend to use knowledge as therapy.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb


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