I was convinced that I was totally incompetent in predicting market prices - but that others were generally incompetent also but did not know it, or did not know they were taking massive risks. Most traders were just "picking pennies in front of a steamroller, " exposing themselves to the high-impact rare event yet sleeping like babies, unaware of it. Nassem Nicholas Taleb
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