I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.

They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns)

This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.

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.

The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn't care too much.

A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.

Switzerland is the perfect place where you have volatility at a municipal level that nothing up top - small units competing with each other.