“ There is asymmetry. Those who die do so very early in the game, while those who live go on living very long. Whenever there is asymmetry in outcomes, the average survival has nothing to do with the me… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Theories are superfragile; they come and go, then come and go, then come and go again; Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ So the modern world may be increasing in technological knowledge, but, paradoxically, it is making things a lot more unpredictable. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ People overvalue their knowledge and underestimate the probability of their being wrong. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ My idea is that not only are some scientific results useless in real life, because they underestimate the impact of the highly improbable (or lead us to ignore it), but that many of them may be actual… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Let us return to the distinction between Thalesian and Aristotelian for a minute and look at evolution from the following point of view. The frequency, i.e., how often someone is right is largely irre… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Asta este, probabil, adevărata încredere în sine: abilitatea de a privi lumea fără a simți nevoia să găsim semne care să ne măgulească. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Stability is not good for the economy: firms become very weak during long periods of steady prosperity devoid of setbacks, and hidden vulnerabilities accumulate silently under the surface—so delaying… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ There is something like a switch in us that kills the individual in favor of the collective when people engage in communal dances, mass riots, or war. Your mood is now that of the herd. You are part o… Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Stoicism’s Emotional Robustification Success brings an asymmetry: you now have a lot more to lose than to gain. You are hence fragile. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
