Happiness; we don't know what it means, how to measure it, or how to reach it, but we know extremely well how to avoid unhappiness. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Happiness; we don't know what it means, how to measure it, or how to reach it, but we know extremely well how to avoid unhappiness.

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About Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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