Anything that provides you with very, very stable income, very stable conditions, maybe generally stable, that often, it … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, a surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage-ground.

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Anything that provides you with very, very stable income, very stable conditions, maybe generally stable, that often, it masks real risks, risks of blow-ups.

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