Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Quotes

The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.

The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.

Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Globalization has created this interlocking fragility. At no time in the history of the universe has the cancellation of a Christmas order in New York meant layoffs in China.

Globalization has created this interlocking fragility. At no time in the history of the universe has the cancellation of a Christmas order in New York meant layoffs in China.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.

What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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