You want to favor systems that benefit from error, disorder, variability and things like that. You want to favor these systems and unfortunately, when - there's something I call the Soviet Illusion. The more the government becomes intrusive, the more things have to follow a script, and it can't handle this kind of system.
Nassim Nicholas TalebIn economic life and history more generally, just about everything of consequence comes from black swans; ordinary events have paltry effects in the long term.
Nassim Nicholas TalebA country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers.
Nassim Nicholas TalebPoverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb