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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.

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In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn't mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged.

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All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.

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Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.

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Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.

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

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What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.

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I select a very small number of things to be sceptical about, such as markets, and on these I am hypersceptic. But I want to be fooled by randomness in art. I want the ceremonial of religion; we are made for it.

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Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.

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Biography

Nationality: Lebanese

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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