I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system t… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.

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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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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