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Detecting fragility is far easier than predicting the event that will harm it
Drawn from what Nassim Nicholas Taleb said
What Nassim Nicholas Taleb actually said
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb Former option trader and risk analyst
It is far easier to figure out if something is fragile than to predict the occurrence of an event that may harm it.
Where this was said
↗Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Random House, 2012)archive.org
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