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by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I’ve struggled much of my life with the common middlebrow belief that “more is better”—more is sometimes, but not always, better.

According to Malcom Gladwell, in the book "Blink," less knowledge is better when making large, emotional decisions. A large decision such as buying a house is automatically emotional. More knowledge is better when making a small decision such as buying a razor.