According to Bar Hebraeus (Ibn Al-Ibri) Plato was asked, “Why are not wisdom and anger found together?” And he replied, “Because no man can be found who is perfect in everything.”

(Continuing penultimate)

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Working hard to get tenure, citations, or a Nobel is downright prostitution of knowledge; but working hard to become a multi millionaire is not a prostitution of business.

(Explains partly why business is purer than academia.)

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So rare and so superb to combine strength with wisdom, justice with ambition, and prudence with passion.Stoic ethics

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Most people are better at starting than ending a conversation; it is a rare skill, even among writers, to know how to finish.

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Before escalating an argument with someone, I try to remember if he/she did something nice to me in the past, and let the instinct of gratitude take over. Otherwise, escalate.It is remarkable how gratitute works as a stabilizer.

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Friends, I wonder if the subtitle conveys the full scope of the idea.ANTIFRAGILITYTo Live in a World We Don’t UnderstandNote the absence of “how”.

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Those who ask for pity are rarely those who would feel it for others.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars charming and motivating, January 28, 2012
By: N N Taleb “Nassim N Taleb”

This review is from: Free The Animal: Lose Weight & Fat With The Paleo Diet (Kindle Edition)

A charming primer on the paleo idea, with an illustration through the authors own life. I read it in one sitting.

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HatTip to Dave Lull

Here’s a quote from the prologue of Antifragility, which should give you a sense of Taleb’s substance and style: “This book is about how to domesticate, even dominate, even conquer, the impenetrable, the unseen, the non-understood, the opaque, the perplexing, and the inexplicable. Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire. Likewise with randomness: you want to use it, not hide from it. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind. This summarizes my non-sissy attitude toward randomness and uncertainty.” Non-sissy uncertainty? That’s a message I’ll enjoy imparting to my students.

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A complaint is the expression of the relative weakness of the complainer.

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