If you have more than one reason to do something (choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip), just don't do it. Obvious decisions (robust to error) require no more than a single reason.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb Contemporary

Black Swan theory

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

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2012

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