What makes universities perverse is that academic wars are won by both sides.
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via What makes universities perverse is that… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Sometimes you say things and others know what you mean better than you do.
via Sometimes you say things and others know what… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
A lot of what we call work is noise.
via A lot of what we call work is noise. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Friends, here is the compilation: 193 Aphorisms and Heuristics, largely from here. Once I reach 500, there will be Volume 2 of Bed of Procrustes.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8nhAlfIk3QIODdHYl95d1dWNE0/edit
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You are free in inverse proportion to the number of people to whom you can’t say “fuck you”.
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You are honorable in proportion to the number of people to whom you can say “fuck you” but don’t.
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via You are free in inverse proportion to the number… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.