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“Let me be more aggressive: we are largely better at doing than we are at thinking, thanks to antifragility. I’d rather be dumb and antifragile than extremely smart and fragile, any time.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“When you quit drinking you stop waiting.”
― Drinking: A Love Story
― Drinking: A Love Story
“If we have to translate it, wu-wei is probably best rendered as something like "effortless action" or spontaneous action.”
― Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
― Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
“Let alone, without the help of or hot cognition, cold cognition is simply paralyzed by choice.”
― Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
― Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
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