Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Talebis a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, former trader, and risk analyst, whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. His 2007 book The Black Swan was described in a review by the Sunday Times as one of the twelve most influential books since World War II...
NationalityLebanese
ProfessionScientist
CountryLebanon
Nassim Nicholas Taleb quotes about
reading thinking long
I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think papers are too long on a regular day and too short days when we have a crisis.
wall thinking bonus
I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.
brooklyn rich fart
I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
quality fragility vulnerable
Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility.
alternatives looks economics
Economics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific.
ethical economist profession
Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
technology maximizing
All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.
lasts conversation starting
A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
today socialism type
What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.
mistake suffering debt
Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.
hate curiosity no-friends
You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.
weight injury heavy
I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.
names years corporations
You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
writing people matter
When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.