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

Make sure that you are in a situation where the constant mistakes are small and can be used for something.

Let me be more aggressive: we are largely better at doing than we are at thinking, thanks to antifragility. I’d rather be dumb and antifragile than extremely smart and fragile, any time.

You never win an argument until they attack your person.

If something is going on, I hear about it. I like to talk to people, I socialise. Television is a waste of time. Human contact is what matters.

Never trust a journalist unless she's your mother.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.