It is easy for others, but not for you, to detect the asymm… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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It is easy for others, but not for you, to detect the asymmetry between what you gain and what you give by doing, writing or saying.

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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