Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say. Votes: 9
The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge. Votes: 7
Love without sacrifice is like theft Votes: 0
The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death Votes: 0
Remember that you are a Black Swan. Votes: 0
A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see Votes: 0
Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough. Votes: 0
Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing. Votes: 0
People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable. Votes: 0
Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science. Votes: 0
Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. Votes: 0
An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite. Votes: 0
An idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion. Votes: 0
History doesn't crawl; it leaps. Votes: 0
I want them poor and they deserve to be poor. You can't have capitalism without punishment. Votes: 0
Ideas come and go, stories stay. Votes: 0
In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it. Votes: 0
Information is bad for knowledge. Votes: 0
Luck is the grand equalizer. Votes: 0
My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal Votes: 0
Only the autodidacts are free, Votes: 0
Paul Krugman is a danger to society! Votes: 0
Probability and expectation are not the same. Its probability and probability times the pay off. Votes: 0
The bonus for bankers fragilizes the system. Someone has the upside at the expense of others. Votes: 0
The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free Votes: 0
The payoff of a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be. Votes: 0
There are systems that use failure as fuel for improvement, where the cost of failure is small. Votes: 0
This is the central illusion in life: that randomness is a risk, that it is a bad thing ... Votes: 0
Using, as an excuse, others' failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense. Votes: 0
We tend to use knowledge as therapy. Votes: 0
What kills me makes others stronger, Votes: 0
You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits. Votes: 0
Rationalism crashes in the tails. Votes: 0