Amena

“The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“Contra the prevailing belief, "success" isn't being on top of a hierarchy, it is standing outside all hierarchies.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“Academics are only useful when they try to be useless (say, as in mathematics and philosophy) and dangerous when they try to be useful.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms