To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week’s newspapers. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Education makes the wise slightly wiser, but it makes the fool vastly more dangerous. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today’s employees — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If I could predict what my day would exactly look like, I would feel a little bit dead. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
You want to be yourself, idiosyncratic; the collective (school, rules, jobs, technology) — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Prediction, not narration, is the real test of our understanding of the world. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb