Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing.

Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health.

Philosophers talk about truth and falsehood. People in life talk about payoff, exposure, and consequences (risks and rewards), hence fragility and antifragility. And sometimes philosophers and thinkers and those who study conflate Truth with risks and rewards.

I always remind myself that what one observes is at best a combination of variance and returns, not just returns.

It is a sign of weakness to avoid showing signs of weakness.

Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up