The characteristic feature of the loser is to bemoan, in general terms, mankind's flaws, biases, contradictions, and irrationality – without exploiting them for fun and profit.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb Contemporary

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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

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2010

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