“How much could I lose?” is not merely a financial question.
If I make this choice:
Opportunity cost is about a lot more than money.
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Summarizing my work in the Incerto: that something is knowable doesn’t mean that you know it; that something is unknowable doesn’t imply that you can’t do anything about it.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1403801289381842955
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Curiosity is antifragile, like an addiction, and is magnified by attempts to satisfy it. Books have a secret mission and ability to multiply, as everyone who has wall-to-wall bookshelves knows well.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb https://twitter.com/TalebWisdom/status/1393588887138803717
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“"Curiosity is antifragile, like an addiction, and is magnified by attempts to satisfy itbooks have a secret mission and ability to multiply, as everyone who has wall-to-wall bookshelves knows well." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb in Antifragile https://t.co/W0pKiNJk2v”
It took 5 volumes to get the main point:
The main thread is that while there is inordinate uncertainty about what is going on, there is great certainty about what one should do about it.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb https://twitter.com/GetWiser/status/1383309729498238991
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