We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order. [...] We take what we know a little too seriously.
"The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable". Book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, April 17, 2007.
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