We are victims of the post-Enlightenment view that the world functions like a sophisticated machine, to be understood like a textbook engineering pro… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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We are victims of the post-Enlightenment view that the world functions like a sophisticated machine, to be understood like a textbook engineering problem and run by wonks. In other words, like a home appliance, not like the human body.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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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The bottom half has been typically screwed by the middle class. That's the entire story of Rome.
The principle of intervention, like that of healers, is first do no harm (primum non nocere); even more, we will argue, those who dont take risks should never be involved in making decisions.
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