Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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