“Beware of calm waters.” Nassim Taleb Fooled by Randomness Nassim Taleb is a writer and thinker. He grew up in Lebanon and grew rich in the USA. He is the author of among other books, ...Read More
“Other people’s patterns of expenditures and consumption are highly irrational and slightly immoral.” From Issawi’s Laws of Social Motion by Charles Issawi...Read More
“Is it possible to harness the spontaneous orders that produced the iPhone – innovation, evolution, choice – and apply them to public problems?” Kevin Williamson in The End is ...Read More
“The broader the look, the better the lesson.” Nassim Taleb Fooled By Randomness Nassim Taleb is a writer and thinker. He grew up in Lebanon and grew rich in the USA. He is the author ...Read More
“In the most favorable circumstances, achievement cannot exceed the square root of expectations.” From Issawi’s Laws of Social Motion by Charles Issawi...Read More
“Even the cheapest misers can be generous with advise.” Nassim Taleb The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms Nassim Taleb is a writer and thinker. He grew up in Leba...Read More
“Society is a mule, not a car. One cannot just press on the accelerator and go exactly where one wishes.” From Issawi’s Laws of Social Motion by Charles Issawi...Read More
“Everything simple is false. Everything complex is unusable.” Paul Valery Quoted in The End is Near and it’s Going to be Awesome by Kevin Williamson...Read More
“The rationalist imagines an imbecile-free society; the empiricist imagines an imbecile-proof one.” Nassim Taleb The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms Nassim Taleb i...Read More