The central idea in The Black Swan is that: rare events cannot be estimated from empirical observation since they are rare. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

And as an essayist, I am not judged by other writers, book editors, and book reviewers, but by readers. Readers? Maybe, but wait a minute…not today’s readers. Only those of tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. So, my only real judge being time, it is the stability and robustness of the readership (that is, future readers) that counts.

I want to live happily in a world I don't understand.

My motto has always been: Debate the audience, not the person. Don't even try to convince someone that he or she is wrong.