The most dangerous thinker alive? Nassim Nicholas Taleb. He spent decades dismantling the world’s illusions. Markets, medicine, academia, ethics... If you don’t understand his ideas, you’re playing life on hard mode. Here's what you can't afford to miss: 🧵👇

You’ve heard of Sun Tzu. But Carl von Clausewitz? Probably not— Unless you’re in a military academy. Yet his book On War is a strategic masterpiece. Not just for generals— But for anyone facing high-stakes decisions. This 🧵 breaks down its key lessons— One by one👇

You’re not broken. You’re just unanchored. You don’t need to buy more things— With money you don't have— To impress people you don't like. You need meaning. Viktor Frankl diagnosed our root problems decades ago— & he had all the right solutions 🧵👇

Your brain lies to you. It tells you that more = better. That pleasure = happiness. That your thoughts = truth. Buddhism figured this out over 2,000 years ago. & it’s still the most practical mental framework on Earth 🧵👇

“Give yourself a gift: the present moment” ― Marcus Aurelius

The superpower you're after is the ability to be fully present. While you can't necessarily stop thoughts & emotions from arising in consciousness, being present allows you to break the paradigm of helplessly reacting to them. It creates a crucial gap between stimulus & response.

The surest way I know of to elevate your consciousness is through productive struggle. The difference between knowledge & wisdom is internalisation through first-hand experience, which is rarely pleasant. You can't self-actualize in easy environments.

“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” ― Abraham Maslow

Most of you will NOT understand this: if you're deeply dissatisfied with what you have, you will probably be deeply dissatisfied with what you want to have once you get it. Your sense of subjective wellbeing is determined by your perception of externalities much more than by the

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of

Maybe you're like everyone else. Maybe not. The only way to find out what you're capable of is to fully commit to your journey. To push to the next level—whatever stage of life you're currently at. And by the end of it, you may find yourself in a category of 1.

Most of us aim to pursue happiness & end up pursuing pleasure. The hard truth—which very few people understand—is that both happiness & pleasure are overrated. At Sapiens Maximus, the real goal isn’t fleeting joy or momentary thrills. It’s something much deeper, which the ancient

Almost nothing worthwhile happens immediately. You may need to put in years as a content creator or a new business owner - with no certainty about the external outcome - before you start gaining external recognition. It's an inescapable part of the hero's journey.

Clarity rarely precedes action; it follows it.

In chasing safety, we lose the thing that matters most: becoming who we’re meant to be.

“It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation” ― Pearl Buck

You must accept your limitations before you're able to surpass them. Humility has been key on my journey to self-actualisation. & even though it’s not something that came easily to me, it’s something I was able to develop over the years. Not least because of life’s endless

“What a man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him” — Viktor Frankl