Really curious about the “supposedly” in this. Does Nassim not actually believe or endorse this view?
I read it as him endorsing the empirical proposition, but not the value proposition. That’s the point of the second sentence- he wouldn’t say “these are good friends to lose” if there wasn’t the potential to lose friends.
I read it as him endorsing the empirical proposition, but not the value proposition. That’s the point of the second sentence- he wouldn’t say “these are good friends to lose” if there wasn’t the potential to lose friends.