“The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding, or better at explaining than doing.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing.”
Nassim Nicholas
“Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his or her actions.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Finally, when young people who “want to help mankind” come to me asking, “What should I do? I want to reduce poverty, save the world,” and similar noble aspirations at the macro-level, my suggestion is: 1) Never engage in virtue signaling; 2) Never engage in rent-seeking; 3) You must start a business. Put yourself on the line, start a business.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Young people wouldn’t be able to decide how they feel about Taleb until they know where he stands on “misgendering” and “dead-naming”.