It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from desti…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile, p.831, Random House
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It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile, p.831, Random House

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