There are systems that use failure as fuel for improvement, where the cost of failure is small. Nassim Nicholas Taleb More Quotes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb More Quotes From Nassim Nicholas Taleb Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears Nassim Nicholas Taleb tears lying people Things always become obvious after the fact Nassim Nicholas Taleb obvious facts Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment. Nassim Nicholas Taleb entrapment procrastination soul My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism Nassim Nicholas Taleb aphorism nerd definitions Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative. Nassim Nicholas Taleb bitcoin currency government Nobody reads the disclosures that roll down your computer screen. You click 'I agree' but you don't know what you're agreeing to. Nassim Nicholas Taleb disclosure clicks computer People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse. Nassim Nicholas Taleb clothes sunday people A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point. Nassim Nicholas Taleb information light mistake When you beat up someone physically, you get excercise and stress relief; when you assault him verbally on the Internet, you just harm yourself. Nassim Nicholas Taleb relief stress anger While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information. Nassim Nicholas Taleb information theory practice Remember that you are a Black Swan. Nassim Nicholas Taleb swans black remember Never take advice from someone wearing a tie. Nassim Nicholas Taleb ties advice Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility. Nassim Nicholas Taleb fragility quality vulnerable Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win. Nassim Nicholas Taleb argument winning trying Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. Nassim Nicholas Taleb emotional loneliness suffering Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health. Nassim Nicholas Taleb association social faces [A] theory is a very dangerous thing to have. Nassim Nicholas Taleb dangerous-things dangerous theory Daily news and sugar confuse our system in the same manner. Nassim Nicholas Taleb daily-news sugar news Dress your best on your execution day. Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate, even if they deserve blame. Never exhibit any self-pity. Do not complain. Nassim Nicholas Taleb fate adversity self Asking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry. Nassim Nicholas Taleb asking matter
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