Thomas E Carr

“Now, when you read material by finance professors, finance gurus, or your local bank making investment recommendations based on the long-term returns of the market, beware. Even if their forecasts were true (they aren’t), no individual can get the same returns as the market unless he has infinite pockets and no uncle points.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

“Good telling of human stories is the best way to keep the Internet and the World Wide Web from becoming a waste vastland.”
― Walter Isaacson, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

“Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions. You run into someone, you ask what they’re doing, you say ‘Wow,’ and soon you’re cooking up all sorts of ideas.”
― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs

“Those who talk should do and only those who do should talk”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life