Top aphorisms from Bed of Procrustes, by @nntaleb
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13) The fool generalizes the particular, the nerd particularizes the general, some do both, and the wise do neither.
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13) The fool generalizes the particular, the nerd particularizes the general, some do both, and the wise do neither.
14) Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around.
15) Your silence is only informational if you can speak skillfully.
16) Accept the rationality of time, never its fairness and morality.
17) To understand how something works, figure out how to break it.
18) The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the fool vastly surpasses his imagination.
19) Those with brains and no balls become mathematicians, those with balls but no brains become the Mafia, those with no balls and no brains become economists.
20) Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.
21) The magnificent believe half of what he hears, and twice of what he says.
22) General principle of anti-fragility: It is much better to do things you cannot explain than explain things you cannot do.
23) An enemy who becomes a friend will stay a friend, a friend turned enemy will never become one.
24) Wisdom isn't about understanding things, it is about knowing what they can do to you.
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