The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a solution. Nassim Nicholas Taleb accumulateamericandeficit Change image and share on social
Paul Krugman is a danger to society! Nassim Nicholas Taleb dangerkrugmanpaul Change image and share on social
We know from chaos theory that even if you had a perfect model of the world, you'd need infinite precision in order to predict future events. With sociopolitical or economic phenomena, we don't have anything like that. Nassim Nicholas Taleb chaoseconomicevent share on social
Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete. Nassim Nicholas Taleb capitalismcompeteforce Change image and share on social
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. Nassim Nicholas Taleb businesscorporationdecade Change image and share on social
The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism. Nassim Nicholas Taleb academiccareerismcorrupt Change image and share on social
We are victims of the post-Enlightenment view that the world functions like a sophisticated machine, to be understood like a textbook engineering problem and run by wonks. In other words, like a home appliance, not like the human body. Nassim Nicholas Taleb appliancebodyengineer share on social
For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering. Nassim Nicholas Taleb badcommuteconvenient Change image and share on social
The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because of the web we get 10 times the amount of noise we ever got, which makes harmful fallacies far more likely. Nassim Nicholas Taleb amountfallacyglobal share on social
If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you. Nassim Nicholas Taleb banklendnegative Change image and share on social
