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

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

Much of the research into humans' risk-avoidance machinery shows that it is antiquated and unfit for the modern world; it is made to counter repeatable attacks and learn from specifics. If someone narrowly escapes being eaten by a tiger in a certain cave, then he learns to avoid that cave.

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

Luck is the grand equalizer.

Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

By all means, avoid words—threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to win arguments, supplications; avoid words!