“ Someone who has been employed for a while is giving you strong evidence of submission. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Scranton showed that we have been building and using jet engines in a completely trial-and-error experiential manner, without anyone truly understanding the theory. Builders Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Religion isn’t so much about telling man that there is one God as about preventing man from thinking that he is God. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Reality is far more vicious than Russian roulette. First, it delivers the fatal bullet rather infrequently, like a revolver that would have hundreds, even thousands of chambers instead of six. After a… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Le grandi aziende adorano l’idea del piano strategico. Vogliono pagare qualcuno per comprendere dove stanno andando. Eppure non esistono prove che dimostrino che la pianificazione strategica funzioni… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ If you can't put your soul into something, give it up and leave that stuff to someone else. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Freedom is always associated with risk taking, whether it leads to it or comes from it. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Engineers can compute but not define, mathematicians can define but not compute, economists can neither define nor compute. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ During a radio interview, when I tried explaining to the journalist the nuance and the difference between the two statements I was told that I was too complicated; so I simply walked out of the studio… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Don’t complain too loud about wrongs done you; you may give ideas to your less imaginative enemies. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ But have the integrity to deliver your because very sparingly; try to limit it to situations where the because is derived from experiments, not backward-looking history. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Bullish or bearish are terms used by people who do not engage in practicing uncertainty, like the television commentators, or those who have no experience in handling risk. Alas, investors and busines… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ The more lethal the risks, the less visible they will be, since the severely victimized are likely to be eliminated from the evidence. The Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Yo observaba que personas muy inteligentes e informadas no tenían ventaja alguna sobre los taxistas en sus predicciones, pero había una diferencia crucial. Los taxistas no pensaban que comprendieran l… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
