“The irony of the process of thought control: the more energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the more your ideas end up controlling you.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb , book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

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