re: Nassim Taleb’s (author of Black Swan and AntiFragile) position on masks

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First error: missing the compounding effect People who are good at exams (and become bureaucrats, economists, or hacks), my experience has been, are not good at understanding nonlinearities and dynamics

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I can say this about every single issue the government tries to "fix"

Talib is a douche but he gets it when it comes to academics, economists and government