Quotes About Impact

It is quite perplexing that those from whom we have benefited the most aren't those who have tried to help us (say with "advice") but rather those who have actively tried—but eventually failed—to harm us.

Every additional glass of wine harms you more than the preceding one

most successes are caused by very few "windows of opportunity," failing to grab one can be deadly for one's career.

the decision maker focuses on the payoff, the consequence of the actions (hence includes asymmetries and nonlinear effects).

the negative effect for an average loss to be up to 2.5 the magnitude of a positive one); it will lead to an emotional deficit.

In Extremistan, inequalities are such that one single observation can disproportionately impact the aggregate, or the total.

The larger the event, the larger the difference.

his showing up during a battle was the equivalent of adding twenty-five thousand troops.

There is no penalty for opinion makers who harm society.

focusing on the rationality of a belief rather than its consequences

that the Black Swan has three attributes: unpredictability, consequences, and retrospective explainability. Let

Never have people who talk and don't do been more visible, and played a larger role, than in modern times.

No single observation can meaningfully affect the aggregate.

the behavior of the total is dictated by the preferences of a minority.

This example not only gives us an idea of harm done by those who intervene, but, worse, it illustrates the lack of awareness of the need to look for a break-even point between benefits and harm.

We have always been crazy but weren't skilled enough to destroy the world. Now we can.

Large animals are more fragile to shocks than small ones—

We remember the martyrs who died for a cause that we knew about, never those no less effective in their contribution but whose cause we were never aware of—precisely because they were successful.

Always remember that, in a modern environment, wars last longer and kill more people than is typically planned.

only a few people suffice to disproportionately move the needle.

the long-term harm is largely unaccounted for.

The problem is primarily size, and the fragility that comes from size.

This absence of penalty makes them antifragile at the expense of the society

Know how to rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.