Preoccupation with efficacy is the main obstacle to a poetic, elegant, robust and heroic life. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

Preoccupation with efficacy is the main obstacle to a poetic, elegant, robust and heroic life.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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