Success brings an asymmetry: you now have a lot more to los… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Success brings an asymmetry: you now have a lot more to lose than to gain. You are hence fragile.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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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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