Knowledge Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“don’t understand?” is, simply, work on the undesirable states of f(x). It is often easier to modify f(x) than to get better knowledge of x. (In other words, robustification rather than forecasting Black Swans.) Example: If I buy an insurance on” quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb — Download Open image

““don’t understand?” is, simply, work on the undesirable states of f(x). It is often easier to modify f(x) than to get better knowledge of x. (In other words, robustification rather than forecasting Black Swans.) Example: If I buy an insurance on””

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