Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

• Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant.

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  Irrelevante

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1783, Random House

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• You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.

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  Real, Ifs And, Pursuit

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.40, Random House

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• Don't aim to be perfect! Aim to be antifragile

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  Perfect, Aim

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• Las tres adicciones más nocivas son la heroína, los carbohidratos y el sueldo mensual.

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  Motivational, Work, Creativity

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.39, Random House

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• The fastest way to become rich is to socialize with the poor; the fastest way to become poor is to socialize with the rich.

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  Way, Rich, Poor

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.29, Random House

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• Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.

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  Comfort, Needs, Too Much

  Fuente: www.pbs.org

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• An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message.

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  Intelligent, Ideas, Doe

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• Si ves fraude y no dices fraude, eres un fraude.

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  Fraud, Ifs

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.37, Random House

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• Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love.

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  Academia, Prostitution

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.8, Random House

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• Nacen y se les mete en una caja; van a casa a vivir en una caja; estudian marcando casillas; van a lo que se llama "trabajo" en una caja, donde se sientan en la caja de su cubículo; conducen hasta el supermercado en una caja para comprar comida en una caja; hablan de pensar "fuera de la caja"; y cuando mueren se les mete en una caja.

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  Divertido, Vida, Humor

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.31, Random House

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• Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember.

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  Civilization, Risk, Progress

  FaceBook post by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from Aug 11, 2014

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• Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee.

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  Visionaries, Slave, Employee

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1727, Random House

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• Learn to fail with pride - and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error - by mastering the error part.

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  Failure, Pride, Errors

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• Education makes the wise slightly wiser, but it makes the fool vastly more dangerous.

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  Wise, Fool, Dangerous

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1705, Random House

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• Only the autodidacts are free.

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  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.326, Random House

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• The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has a simple heuristic. Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference

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  Simple, Doctors, Differences

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.389, Random House

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• It is a sign of weakness to avoid showing signs of weakness.

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  Debilidad

  FaceBook post by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from May 17, 2013

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• You don't become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master.

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  Needs, Becoming, Slave

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.26, Random House

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• The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.

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  Pensar, Diferente, Mundo

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• An elephant is vastly more efficient, metabolically, than a mouse. It's the same for a megacity as opposed to a village. But an elephant can break a leg very easily, whereas you can toss a mouse out of a window and it'll be fine. Size makes you fragile.

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  Break A Leg, Elephants, Growth

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• Don't cross a river if it is four feet deep on average.

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  Media, Ríos, Pies

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"”, p.161, Random House

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• Serás civilizado el día en que puedas pasar una larga temporada sin hacer nada, sin aprender nada y sin mejorar nada, sin sentir el más mínimo sentimiento de culpa.

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  Long, Feelings, Guilt

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1728, Random House

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• People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide.

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  People, Trying, Shows

  FaceBook post by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from Nov 11, 2013

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• Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it.

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  Reputación

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.14, Random House

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• The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it

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  Political, Suffering, Imbeciles

  FaceBook post by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from May 17, 2013

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