It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers redisc…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility, p.90, Random House
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It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility, p.90, Random House

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