Start by being nice to every person you meet. But if someone tries to exercise power over you, exercise power over him. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The problem with information is not that it is diverting and generally useless, but that it is toxic.

In a long career, I've (almost) never seen anyone get rich while employed (via bonuses/stock options, as w/bankers, CEOs, & rich slaves), & subsequently also make money on their own, in self employment. If you can't make it on your own, it's.

Cumulative errors depend largely on the big surprises, the big opportunities. Not only do economic, financial, and political predictors miss them, but they are quite ashamed to say anything outlandish to their clients — and yet events, it turns out, are almost always outlandish.