Нассим Николас Талеб: Цитаты на английском языке

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“Using leverage to cure the problems of too much leverage is not homeopathy, it is denial. The debt crisis is not a temporary problem, it is a structural one. We need rehab.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world (2009)

“An idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Источник: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 3

“I always remind myself that what one observes is at best a combination of variance and returns, not just returns.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness (2001)

“Only Ponzi schemes should depend on confidence. Governments should never need to “restore confidence.” Cascading rumours are a product of complex systems. Governments cannot stop the rumours. Simply, we need to be in a position to shrug off rumours, be robust in the face of them.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world (2009)

“When some systems are stuck in a dangerous impasse, randomness and only randomness can unlock them and set them free.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Источник: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 102

“Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Источник: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 57

“Using, as an excuse, others’ failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Источник: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 7

“Preoccupation with efficacy is the main obstacle to a poetic, elegant, robust and heroic life.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Источник: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 29

“A man is morally free when… he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Источник: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 16

“This makes living in big cities invaluable because you increase the odds of serendipitous encounters — you gain exposure to the envelope of serendipity.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Источник: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007), p. 209

“The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact opposite! If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Источник: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007), p. 185

“When conflicted between two choices, take neither.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Источник: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 71

“We learn the most from fools … yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Источник: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 85

“I try to make money infrequently, as infrequently as possible simply because I believe that rare events are not fairly valued, and that the rarer the event, the more undervalued it will be in price.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness (2001)

“Unlike a well-defined, precise game like Russian roulette, where the risks are visible to anyone capable of multiplying and dividing by six, one does not observe the barrel of reality.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness (2001)

“Ethical man accords his profession to his beliefs, instead of according his beliefs to his profession.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Источник: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 66

“People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Источник: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 19

“Modernity needs to understand that being rich and becoming rich are not mathematically, personally, socially, and ethically the same thing.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Источник: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 22

“[E]conomists are evaluated on how intelligent they sound, not on a scientific measure of their knowledge of reality.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга Fooled by Randomness

page 85
Fooled by Randomness (2001)

“It is painful to think about ruthlessness as an engine of improvement.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb книга Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Источник: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 75