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Never hire an academic unless his function is to partake of the rituals of writing papers or taking exams.

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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Never hire an A student unless it is to take exams.

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our world is dominated by the extreme, the unknown, and the very improbable (improbable according our current knowledge) — and all the while we spend our time engaged in small talk, focusing on the known, and the repeated.

You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it.

Never hire an academic unless his function is to partake of the rituals of writing papers or taking exams. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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