Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quote
It is said that the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones, and win against better rivals. Undercompensation from the absence of a stressor, inverse hormesis, absence of challenge, degrades the best of the best. In Baudelaire’s poem, The albatross’s giant wings prevent him from walking—many do better in Calculus 103 than Calculus 101.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It is said that the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones, and win against better rivals. Undercompensation from the absence of a stressor, inverse hormesis, absence of challenge, degrades the best of the best. In Baudelaire’s poem, The albatross’s giant wings prevent him from walking—many do better in Calculus 103 than Calculus 101.