Why I bring this up first and why the book probably brings this up as well is because it relates heavily to the idea of randomness. For the uncertain future has yet to come, with all variety of future and him only to whom the divinity has continued happiness until the end we may call happy. The observation of the numerous misfortunes that attend all conditions forbids us to grow insolent upon our present enjoyments, or to admire a man’s happiness that may yet, in course of time, suffer change. That annoyed him and prompted him to ask whether Solon knows anyone alive who is happier than him: whether he was “to be considered the happiest man of all”. Croesus at the time was loaded rich □□□, but despite Croesus’ wealth, the legislator Solon wasn’t impressed. Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb begins a greek story that recalls an encounter where a king, Croesus, is interacting with a Greek legislator, Solon.
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