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.

If you let markets - in general, my belief is that if you let markets give you information, they'll give you the information rather than artificially prop up everything.

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.

Never take advice from someone wearing a tie.

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

Economics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific.

The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.