“Our greatest asset is the one we distrust the most: the built-in antifragility of certain risk-taking systems.”
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 171
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“It's the moments when we take risks that show the courage we have in speaking our minds.”
Original: Sono i momenti in cui corriamo dei rischi che mostrano il coraggio che abbiamo nel dire ciò che pensiamo.
Source: prevale.net