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What makes universities perverse is that academic wars are won by both sides.

What makes universities perverse is that academic wars are won by both sides. (50 more aphorisms) via What makes universities perverse is that… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Sometimes you say things and others know what you mean better than you do.

Sometimes you say things and others know what you mean better than you do. via Sometimes you say things and others know what… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

A lot of what we call work is noise.

A lot of what we call work is noise. via A lot of what we call work is noise. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Friends, here is the compilation: 193 Aphorisms and Heuristics…

Friends, here is the compilation: 193 Aphorisms and Heuristics, largely from here. Once I reach 500, there will be Volume 2 of Bed of Procrustes. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8nhAlfIk3QIODdHYl95d1dWNE0/edit via Facebook.

You are free in inverse proportion to the number of people to whom you can’t say…

You are free in inverse proportion to the number of people to whom you can’t say “fuck you”. *** You are honorable in proportion to the number of people to whom you can say “fuck you” but don’t. *** via You are free in inverse proportion to the number… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.