“The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so thei...” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quote

“The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.”

“We are victims of the post-Enlightenment view that the world functions like a sophisticated machine, to be understood like a textbook engineering problem and run by wonks. In other words, like a home appliance, not like the human body.”

“The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist”

“In school, I was good in academics and extracurricular activities. I even topped the state in French in my Std 12 exams.”

“People used to laugh that academics would study Disney movies. There's nothing more important for academics to study, because they shape the minds of our children possibly more than any single thing.”

“Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high-minded than gallerists.”