The real difference in politics isn't the "right" vs "left"… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The real difference in politics isn't the "right" vs "left" gradation but rather "Greek" vs "Roman". Greek = puts theory above practice. Roman= puts practice above theory. Be Roman. Now.

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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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