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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

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  1. Much of the research into humans' risk-avoidance machinery shows that it is antiquated and unfit for the modern world; it is made to counter repeatable attacks and learn from specifics. If someone narrowly escapes being eaten by a tiger in a certain cave, then he learns to avoid that cave.

    — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    Submitted by ahjot 4 months ago

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