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I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled.

I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.

We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.

Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.

The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches.

Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.

Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers.

We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.

It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb