Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Growing old ...

... can have its advantages: Nassim Nicholas Taleb at The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.

“Elephants are smart. They keep old elephants around because they remember rare events. So we too should keep the old around.”

(Hat tip, Dave Lull, who notes that "sometimes I think I remember events
so rare that they might be a figment of my imagination." I'm with you, Dave.)

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