It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direc…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility, p.192, Random House
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It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility, p.192, Random House

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