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“This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“You get pseudo-order when you seek order; you only get a measure of order and control when you embrace randomness.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“The chief ethical rule is the following: Thou shalt not have antifragility at the expense of the fragility of others.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“Further, my characterization of a loser is someone who, after making a mistake, doesn’t introspect, doesn’t exploit it, feels embarrassed and defensive rather than enriched with a new piece of information, and tries to explain why he made the mistake rather than moving on. These types often consider themselves the “victims” of some large plot, a bad boss, or bad weather.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“Sooner or later, fate puts us together with all the people, one by one, who show us what we could, and shouldn’t, let ourselves become. Sooner or later we meet the drunkard, the waster, the betrayer, the ruthless mind, and the hate-filled heart. But fate loads the dice, of course, because we usually find ourselves loving or pitying almost all of those people. And it’s impossible to despise someone you honestly pity, and to shun someone you truly love.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
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