“ Redundancy is ambiguous because it seems like a waste if nothing unusual happens. Except that something unusual happens—usually. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Recognition can be quite a pump. Believe me, even those who genuinely claim that they do not believe in recognition, that they separate labor from the fruits of labor, actually get a serotonin kick fr… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Recall the confirmation fallacy: governments are great at telling you what they did, but not what they did not do. In fact, they engage in what could be labeled as phony philanthropy, the activity of… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Puede que no sea algo exigible desde el punto de vista ético, pero la política más eficaz y más libre de vergüenza es la transparencia máxima, la cual incluye la transparencia de intenciones. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Psychologists and economists who study irrationality do not realize that humans may have an instinct to procrastinate only when no life is in danger. I do not procrastinate when I see a lion entering… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with o… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Perhaps the wise one is the one who knows that he cannot see things far away. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ People often need to suspend their self-promotion, and have someone in their lives they do not need to impress. This explains dog ownership. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ People feel deep anxiety finding out that someone they thought was stupid is actually more intelligent than they are. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ People confuse science and scientists. Science is great, but individual scientists are dangerous. They are human; they are marred by the biases humans have. Perhaps even more. For most scientists are… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Our tendency to perceive—to impose—narrativity and causality are symptoms of the same disease—dimension reduction. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Our minds are wonderful explanation machines, capable of making sense out of almost anything, capable of mounting explanations for all manner of phenomena, and generally incapable of accepting the ide… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Our aversion to variability and desire for order, and our acting on those feelings, have helped precipitate severe crises. Making something artificially bigger (instead of letting it die early if it c… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ One single observation can invalidate a general statement derived from millennia of confirmatory sightings of millions of white swans. All you need is one single (and, I am told, quite ugly) black bir… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ On alternative histories, a probabilistic view of the world, intellectual fraud, and the randomness wisdom of a Frenchman with steady bathing habits. How journalists are bred to not understand random… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Of course chance favors the prepared! Hard work, showing up on time, wearing a clean (preferably white) shirt, using deodorant, and some such conventional things contribute to success—they are certain… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ No, businessmen as risk takers are not subjected to the judgment of other businessmen, only to that of their personal accountant. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Nero believes that risk-conscious hard work and discipline can lead someone to achieve a comfortable life with a very high probability. Beyond that, it is all randomness: either by taking enormous (an… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ My experience is that money and transactions purify relations; ideas and abstract matters like recognition and credit warp them, creating an atmosphere of perpetual rivalry. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ My dear Socrates … you know why they are putting you to death? It is because you make people feel stupid for blindly following habits, instincts, and traditions. You may be occasionally right. But you… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
