Learn to fail with pride - and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error - by mastering the error part.

The central idea in The Black Swan is that: rare events cannot be estimated from empirical observation since they are rare.

Prediction, not narration, is the real test of our understanding of the world.

Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.

To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.

People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide.

I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18.