“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
“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
“No smile would work, no goodbye would pray, no kindness would save, if the truth inside us wasn’t beautiful. And the true heart of us, our human kind, is that we’re connected, at our best, by purities of love found in no other creature.”
― The Mountain Shadow
― The Mountain Shadow
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