Airline Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that.” quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb — Download Open image

“Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that.”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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