Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
The author cites researcher David Howard's idea of post-traumatic growth. Howard contends that some individuals faced with a traumatic event actually develop new strength.
A central argument is never a summary. It is more like a generator.
Only he who is free with his time is free with his opinion.
Know how to rank your beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.
Most info-Web-media-newspaper types have a hard time swallowing the idea that knowledge is reached (mostly) by removing junk from peoples heads
The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge.
The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.