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
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. Nassim Nicholas Taleb bureaucratcapitalismcoffer 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
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
Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them. Nassim Nicholas Taleb antifragilebodybuild share on social
In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense. Nassim Nicholas Taleb congresscontrolcorporation Change image and share on social
The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing. Nassim Nicholas Taleb clearconsumercrisis Change image and share on social
I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries. Nassim Nicholas Taleb baddevelopheavy Change image and 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
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
