We glorify those who left their names in history books at the expense of those contributors about whom … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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You won't take risk without courage.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

We glorify those who left their names in history books at the expense of those contributors about whom our books are silent. We humans are not just a superficial race - we are a very unfair one.

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Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.

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