Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Lebanese-American · 1960–

Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, and former options trader whose work on randomness, probability, and fragility reshaped modern risk thinking.

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.”
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“Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire. Likewise with randomness, uncertainty, chaos: you want to use them, not hide from them.”
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“If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.”
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