Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a
Labanese-American scholar, essayist, statistician, former trader and risk
analyst. He has been a practitioner of mathematical finance, s hedge fund
manager and a derivatives. Taleb’s work is focused on problems of the
probability, randomness and uncertainty. His most popolar is „The Black Swan”,
which I strongly recommend you read. It as described in a review by The Sunday
Times as one of the twelve most influential books since World War II.
I'm a great fan and I'd like to share my favorite
quotes with you:
“Things always become obvious after the
fact”
“The three most harmful addictions are heroin,
carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.”
“A Stoic is someone who
transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into
initiation, and desire into undertaking.”
“When you develop your
opinions on the basis of weak evidence, you will have difficulty interpreting
subsequent information that contradicts these opinions, even if this new
information is obviously more accurate.”
“They will envy you for
your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your
status - but rarely for your wisdom.”
“People focus on role
models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to
resemble when you grow up”
“The irony of the
process of thought control: the more energy you put into trying to control your
ideas and what you think about, the more your ideas end up controlling you.”
