"We" are the empirical decision makers who hold that uncertainty is our discipline, and that understanding how to act under conditions of incomplete … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

understanding how to act under conditions of incomplete information is the highest and most urgent human pursuit.

Clearly, an open mind is a necessity when dealing with randomness. Popper believed that any idea of Utopia is necessarily closed owing to the fact that it chokes its own refutations. The simple notion of a good model for society that cannot be left open for falsification is totalitarian. I learned from Popper, in addition to the difference between an open and a closed society, that between an open and a closed mind.

My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism

Lose your wallet full of credit cards and you will have a chance to have a great day.