“A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see”
“You may never know what type of person someone is unless they are given opportunities to violate moral or ethical codes.”
“I want to live happily in a world I don’t understand.”
“Ideas come and go, stories stay.”
“If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.”
“To bankrupt a fool, give him information.”
“More data—such as paying attention to the eye colors of the people around when crossing the street—can make you miss the big truck.”
“Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation. Just ask them what they have—or don’t have—in their portfolio.”
“Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee.”
“Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.”
“Prediction, not narration, is the real test of our understanding of the world.”
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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