"We are prone to overestimate…" — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nous avons tendance à surestimer combien nous comprenons le monde et à sous-estimer le rôle du hasard dans les événements

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“It is nonhabitability, more than any other factor, that determines our potential for antifragility”

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