For soldiers, we use the term "mercenary," but we absolve employees of responsibility with "everybody needs to make a living." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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For soldiers, we use the term "mercenary," but we absolve employees of responsibility with "everybody needs to make a living."

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About Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Sarah Josephine Taleb (CC BY)

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