Nassim Nicholas Taleb spent 21 years as a risk taker before...
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb spent 21 years as a risk taker before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical, and (mostly) practical problems with probability.
He is the author of the Incerto, a five-volume philosophical essay on uncertainty.
12 timeless wisdom from @nntaleb 🧵
He is the author of the Incerto, a five-volume philosophical essay on uncertainty.
12 timeless wisdom from @nntaleb 🧵
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1) “If you change your mind too frequently, it suggests that you do not think carefully and responsibly before formulating an opinion & don't know when to remain silent or neutral.
If you never change your mind on anything, it indicates that you are an intellectually dishonest.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If you never change your mind on anything, it indicates that you are an intellectually dishonest.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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2) “There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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3) “The opposite of education is not ignorance; it is education in social science.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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4) “To see if a book is real, ask 10 people of different backgrounds & professions to summarize it. If the summaries are similar, the book will not survive as it can be shortened to a journal article.
The more the summaries diverge, the higher the dimensionality of the book.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The more the summaries diverge, the higher the dimensionality of the book.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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5) “Missing a train is only painful if you run after it!
Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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6) “The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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7) “A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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8) “It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known.
Namely that our highest currency is respect.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Namely that our highest currency is respect.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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9) “A private library is not an ego-boosting appendage but a research tool.
Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as your financial means, mortgage rates, and the currently tight real-estate market allow you to put there.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as your financial means, mortgage rates, and the currently tight real-estate market allow you to put there.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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10) “Changing your mind once about a theory, an investment, or a person, is healthy. Changing your mind twice is not.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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11) “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 our ignorance.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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12) “What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb spent 21 years as a risk taker before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical, and (mostly) practical problems with probability.
He is the author of the Incerto, a five-volume philosophical essay on uncertainty.
12 timeless wisdom from @nntaleb 🧵
He is the author of the Incerto, a five-volume philosophical essay on uncertainty.
12 timeless wisdom from @nntaleb 🧵
