Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes About Knowledge

Quotes about: Knowledge

• Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Doe

• Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as your financial means, mortgage rates, and the currently tight real-estate market alow you to put there.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Real, Book, Knowledge

• It's not a good idea to take a forecast from someone wearing a tie. If possible, tease people who take themselves and their knowledge too seriously.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Knowledge, Ideas, Ties

• Information is bad for knowledge.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Information

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"”, p.142, Random House

• We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order. [...] We take what we know a little too seriously.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Knowledge, Order, Ornaments

  "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable". Book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, April 17, 2007.

• It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Together

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"”, p.192, Random House

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