When I went to finance, I discovered that those who *tawk* … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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When I went to finance, I discovered that those who *tawk* about money were the ones who didn't have it, couldn't make it, or wanted a lot more but couldn't get it. Same problem with IQ. Those who insist on measuring IQ are ... the most stupid.

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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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