Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.

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years , noticed , thing
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Success is about honour, feeling morally calibrated, absence of shame, not what some newspaper defines from an external metric.

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success , feeling , morally
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We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.

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should , ban , banks
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When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line.

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agency , neck , bank
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.

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children , more , than
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.

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hated , school , because
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Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.

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writing , other , activities
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Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

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never , think , lack
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Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.

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most , writers , keep
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.

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private , public
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Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.

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bailing , out , every
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All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

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maximizing , free
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The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge.

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people , go , after
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Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.

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most , people , sceptical
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We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.

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humans , lack , point