Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow one by George Santayana: A man is morally free when... he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.

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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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George Santayana: A man is morally free when … he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

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