My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don’t have the guts to sometimes … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

My principle activity is to tease those who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously.

We didn't break the mafia by reasoning w/its members. Remember: you'll never break special intrsts, lobbies, journalistic monoculturists & academic rent seekers by convincing them, but by exposing them, working on their customers. Accountability, put Skin in their game.

I reject a sole time series of the past as an indication of future performance; I need a lot more than data.

If we are the only animal with a sense of justice, it would clearly be because we also are about the only animal with a sense of cruelty.