If the professor is not capable of giving a class without preparation, don’t attend. People should only teach what they have learned organically, thr… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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If the professor is not capable of giving a class without preparation, don’t attend. People should only teach what they have learned organically, through experience and curiosity…or get another job.
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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And as an essayist, I am not judged by other writers, book editors, and book reviewers, but by readers. Readers? Maybe, but wait a minute…not today’s readers. Only those of tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. So, my only real judge being time, it is the stability and robustness of the readership (that is, future readers) that counts.
It is easy for others, but not for you, to detect the asymmetry between what you gain and what you give by doing, writing or saying.
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