We favor the sensational and the extremely visible. This affects the way we judge heroes. There is little room in our consciousness for heroes who do… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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We favor the sensational and the extremely visible. This affects the way we judge heroes. There is little room in our consciousness for heroes who do not deliver visible results — or those heroes who focus on process rather than results.

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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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