Be polite, courteous, and gentle, but ignore comments, praise, and criticism from people you wouldn't hire. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Be polite, courteous, and gentle, but ignore comments, praise, and criticism from people you wouldn't hire.

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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.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Sarah Josephine Taleb (CC BY)

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Alternative Names: Nassim Taleb

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@learnfromerror I can't talk on behalf of Nassim Taleb, as I am sharing his wisdom on the Twitter account. What I understand from him is that it doesn't matter whether the prediction is right or wrong if one doesn't have skin in the game. - Cetin, curator of @TalebWisdom account.

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