We are satisfied with natural (or old) objects like vistas or classical paintings but insatiable with technologies, amplifying small improvements in … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

There is no effective difference between guessing a variable that is not random, but for which information is partial or deficient (...), and a random one (...). In this sense, guessing (what I don't know, but what someone else may know) and predicting (what has not taken place yet) are the same thing.

Just as being nice to the arrogant is no better than being arrogant toward the nice; being accommodating toward anyone committing a nefarious action condones it.

Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.