It is far easier to figure out if something is fragile than… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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It is far easier to figure out if something is fragile than to predict the occurrence of an event that may harm it.

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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