#uncertainty
Explore Books, Authors and Common Highlights on Uncertainty
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It is the uncertainty of life that makes it worth living.
From Foundation by Isaac Asimov
A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The past is not a guide to the future.
Speculation is the art of making decisions based on incomplete information.
The vision was clear, but the path was not.
From The Infinite Machine by Camila Russo
Information is a measure of the uncertainty of a system.
From The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold
Innovation requires a willingness to embrace risk and uncertainty.
Mental models help you navigate uncertainty and complexity.
From Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models by Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
In a world driven by uncertainty, the greatest advantage lies in understanding the limits of knowledge.
From The Dao of Capital by Mark Spitznagel
A startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
We must embrace uncertainty instead of fearing it.
From Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
The three most important words in investing are: 'I don't know.'
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan is about the impact of highly improbable events.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The value of philosophy is, in fact, to be found in its uncertainty.
Embracing uncertainty is where the magic happens.
From Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae
Faith is not certainty, but a commitment to seek and explore.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
To understand mushrooms, one must embrace the chaos and uncertainty of the wild.
From The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America by Langdon Cook
Information is the resolution of uncertainty.
From The Information by James Gleick
One must learn to embrace uncertainty to thrive in speculation.
The value of AI lies in its ability to reduce uncertainty.
From Prediction Machines by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
If you thought that science was certain—well, that is just an error on your part.
In a world of uncertainty, predictions provide a framework for action.
From Prediction Machines by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
Experience teaches us that we can never be certain of the future.
The inability to predict the unpredictable is the essence of the problem.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Embrace the chaos and uncertainty; that’s where the magic happens.
In a world of uncertainty, the best strategy is adaptability.
From Power and Prediction by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
The greatest challenge to philosophy is that it cannot prove its conclusions with certainty.
Embracing uncertainty can open up new avenues for insight and innovation.
From The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
Risk is what’s left over when you think you’ve thought of everything.
From The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
To be antifragile is to embrace uncertainty and thrive in it.
From Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
You should be much more worried about your inability to predict the future than about your inability to predict the past.
Black Swans are not just rare events; they can have massive consequences.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
When we embrace uncertainty, we open ourselves to creativity.
From Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae
The uncertainty principle defines the limits of measurement.
From The Quantum World by Kenneth W. Ford
The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What we think we know is often wrong.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The more we analyze, the more we realize our uncertainty.
From Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein
Embrace uncertainty; that's where the real growth happens.
From The Third Door by Alex Banayan
The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of events.
Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and uncertainty.
From Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
In a world of uncertainty, one must embrace the chaos.
From The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen
When faced with uncertainty, we often turn to the opinions of others.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
It’s okay to not have it all figured out.
From Own Your Everyday by Jordan Lee Dooley
We often underestimate the power of randomness.
The future is not predetermined.
From The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
In order to innovate, you must embrace change and uncertainty.
From Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
Decisions are made in the context of uncertainty, and analyzing uncertainty is a key element of intelligence work.
From The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer Jr.
Flexibility in thinking allows individuals to navigate uncertainty and complexity.
From Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
Embrace uncertainty as a catalyst for growth.
From The Dream of Reason by Anthony Gottlieb
You have to be able to tolerate chaos and make decisions in the face of uncertainty.
In the face of uncertainty, one must embrace the Dao.
From The Dao of Capital by Mark Spitznagel
In a world of uncertainty, it is better to be a skeptic.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
In the face of uncertainty, gathering evidence is crucial.
From Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models by Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.
From Own Your Everyday by Jordan Lee Dooley
Knowledge is not a matter of certainty, but a matter of probability.
The problems of philosophy are not susceptible of exact solution.
The task of philosophy is to help us become more comfortable with uncertainty.
Traders must develop a mindset that embraces uncertainty.
The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.
From The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
Embracing uncertainty can lead to new opportunities.
I have no idea what I want to do with my life.
From Open by Andre Agassi
The future is uncertain, but it is not unmanageable.
From Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom