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In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it

In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it

November 19, 2016 Nate

Nassim Nicholas Taleb said in his book, The Bed of Procrustes,

In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it.”


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