Nassim Nicholas Taleb: "You are rich if and only if…"

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Tu es riche si et seulement si l'argent que tu refuses a meilleur goût que l'argent que tu acceptes

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“The more egregious the failure, the more important it is of first-order importance, not se...”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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