Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

"A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see"

"Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness."

"The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist"

"The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist"