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 Talebtrue humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing
Nassim Nicholas TalebNever think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.
Nassim Nicholas TalebWe glorify those who left their names in history books at the expense of those contributors about whom our books are silent. We humans are not just a superficial race - we are a very unfair one.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb