A mathematician starts with a problem and creates a solutio… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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A mathematician starts with a problem and creates a solution; a consultant starts by offering a “solution” and creates a problem.

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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Over a short time increment, one observes the variability of the portfolio, not the returns. ...[O]ne sees the variance, little else. ...Our emotions are not designed to understand the point. ...I deal with it by having no access to information. ...I prefer to read poetry.

At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control.

Let us find what risks we can measure and these are the risks we should be taking.

A mathematician starts with a problem and creates a solution; a consultant starts by offering a “solution” and creates a problem. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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