The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populate… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding, or better at explaining than doing.

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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The intellectshual world is populated by a collection of people who are much better at explaining than understanding.

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