Nassim Nicholas Taleb quote: Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb ~

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Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

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