Take a moment to figure out whether you’d rather be praiseworthy but not praised, or praised but not praiseworthy.
via Take a moment to figure out whether you’d rather… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Take a moment to figure out whether you’d rather be praiseworthy but not praised, or praised but not praiseworthy.
via Take a moment to figure out whether you’d rather… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
When people call you intelligent it is almost always because they agree with you. Otherwise they just call you arrogant.
via When people call you intelligent it is almost… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Risk management is a cursed profession, in which one can only be proven right when it is too late.
via Risk management is a cursed profession, in which… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
If we are the only animal with a sense of justice, it is because we also are about the only animal with a sense of cruelty.
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It is not possible to have fun when you work at it.
via It is not possible to have fun when you work at it. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.