Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Bed of Procrustes

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  • 洪一萍has quoted3 years ago
    Mathematics is to knowledge what an artificial hand is to the real one; some amputate to replace.
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    If you know, in the morning, what your day looks like with any precision, you are a little bit dead—the more precision, the more dead you are.
  • 洪一萍has quoted3 years ago
    There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.
  • 洪一萍has quoted3 years ago
    It seems that it is the most unsuccessful people who give the most advice, particularly for writing and financial matters
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    I wonder if anyone ever measured the time it takes, at a party, before a mildly successful stranger who went to Harvard makes others aware of it.
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    You want to avoid being disliked without being envied or admired.
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    What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment.
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    CHANCE, SUCCESS, HAPPINESS, AND STOICISM
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