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Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Wisdom

"What socialists, academics, neocons, and other idiots share is the belief that it is the intentions, and not so much the results, that matter." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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2:52 AM · Nov 26, 2022

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Very astute aphorism!

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