Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Black Swan theory
Sayings by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Prediction is a fool's errand.
People are much more willing to take advice from someone who looks like them.
The problem with government is that it's designed to solve problems, but it often creates more.
The intellectual is someone who uses big words to hide small ideas.
Bureaucracy is a tax on the intelligent.
Avoid people who are always right.
Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don't know.
The average person is not interested in truth, but in comfort.
Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
The worst thing you can do is give advice to someone who doesn't want it.
Beware of people who are too eager to help you.
The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.
Never trust a journalist who hasn't been fired at least once.
The problem with smart people is they think they know everything.
The more you try to optimize, the more fragile you become.
The only way to learn is by doing.
Never trust a statistician.
The only way to be truly successful is to fail often.
Beware of people who are always happy.
The more you try to explain something, the less people understand it.