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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Business

born 1960 Lebanon

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In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it.

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

I have organized my career and business in such a way as to... benefit... I am profiting from the rare event, with asymmetric bets.

Fooled by Randomness (2001)

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