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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes: Why do we keep focusing on the minutiae, not the possible significant large events, in spite of the obvious evidence of their huge influence?
         

Why do we keep focusing on the minutiae, not the possible significant large events, in spite of the obvious evidence of their huge influence?


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