The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death
Nassim Nicholas TalebAnything organic requires some dose of variability so it can adapt all the time, and fixing things is not a good idea.
Nassim Nicholas TalebAn erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite.
Nassim Nicholas TalebIt was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time.
Nassim Nicholas TalebEconomics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific.
Nassim Nicholas TalebThe narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship, upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb