Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quote

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"Ce que nous observons n'est pas une pure randomité mais un mélange d'ordre et de désordre de motifs et de chaos de régularités et d'irrégularités"

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“The rare event is that which is difficult to predict and improbable, yet has a massive impact”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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