

“History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, the generator of history.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

“People overvalue their knowledge and underestimate the probability of their being wrong.”
― Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
― Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

“for Mother Nature, opinions and predictions don’t count; surviving is what matters.”
― Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
― Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder

“Sometimes people ask you a question with their eyes begging you to not tell them the truth.”
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“You can tell how uninteresting a person is by asking him whom he finds interesting.”
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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