"So the world is much more correlated than we give credit to. And so we see more of what Nassim Taleb calls "black swan events" - rare events happen more often than they should because the world is more correlated."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Richard Thaler

#Swans Quotes #Rare Events Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I smile and play pretend through the Morning Show in the kitchen.”
“The horror of our history has purged me of opinions.”
“It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea with the tactical precision of the Spartan pikeman.”
“Why are you crying?" shivered the otter. "Because I am cold!" shouted the gnome. "Then why are you shouting?" chattered the otter. "Because," yelled the gnome, "when I shout it gets part of the cold from the inside out.”
“We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered without the aid of cumbersome machinery.”

Source : Olaf Stapledon (1931). “Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels”, Courier Corporation
“The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families.”
“It's often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, "Stay there. Don't move.”
“Interview with a Vampire' made vampires sexy.”

Source : "Joseph Morgan THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Interview; Hopes the Writers Bring Back Klaus for Another Season". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 18, 2012.

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