We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected an…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order. [...] We take what we know a little too seriously. ✨ The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, April 17, 2007.
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We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order. [...] We take what we know a little too seriously. ✨ The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, April 17, 2007.

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