What Nassim Nicholas Taleb thinks about patience

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Former option trader and risk analyst, now a distinguished professor at NYU. Author of the Incerto essay series, including The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness.

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1 dated position, 2008, in their own words. Our reading of what Nassim Nicholas Taleb has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 14 Sept 2008

   Our readingThings that have worked for a long time are preferable

   Their wordsThings that have worked for a long time are preferable—they are more likely to have reached their ergodic states.

   ↗The Fourth Quadrant: A Map of the Limits of Statistics (Edge, 2008)edge.org 7th of 8 in this piece