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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Books

born 1960 Lebanon

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The book is the only medium left that hasn’t been corrupted by the profane.

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010)

I have two ways of learning from history: from the past, by reading the elders; and from the future, thanks to my Monte Carlo toy.

Fooled by Randomness (2001)

Studying neurobiology to understand humans is like studying ink to understand literature.

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