He is one of my favorite authors, who does not feed you pop-psychology or some feel good narrative. I understand people here are turned off by his seeming arrogance, but I like one quote (probably by someone else), "Character trumps reputation." and Reputation is fragile. This one quote gives me more courage than any to speak my mind.
Preprints https://arxiv.org/a/taleb_n_1.html
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