The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The best way to learn a language may be an episode of jail in a foreign country. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Don't disturb complicated systems that have been around for a very long time. We don't understand their logic. Don't pollute the planet.… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
If there is something in nature you don't understand, odds are it makes sense in a deeper way that is beyond your… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The fastest way to become rich is to socialize with the poor; the fastest way to become poor is to socialize with… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Wittgenstein's ruler: Unless you have confidence in the ruler's reliability, if you use a ruler to measure a table you may also be using… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants of large… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
My nightmare scenario is that the government saves Citibank once again, as well as the other banks, and business resumes as usual. Then, the… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Using, as an excuse, others' failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists, and debt crises… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“One needs to go out and buy a lottery ticket in order to win. Does it mean that the work involved in the trip… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“If you are looking for your misplaced wallet in your living room, in a trial and error mode, you exercise rationality by not looking… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Most humans manage to squander their free time, as free time makes them dysfunctional, lazy, and unmotivated—the busier they get, the more active they… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
We learn the most from fools ... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
