"The three most damaging words…" — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Les trois mots les plus dommageables de l'histoire de l'humanité sont "une grande idée"

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

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Something that gains from volatility tends to be a good bet in the long run”

“We are increasingly learning to concentrate on what is important”

“Wealth does not count, attention counts”

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