We tend to use knowledge as therapy. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). T…

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We tend to use knowledge as therapy. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility, p.69, Random House
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