Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb
5) Notes + When someone bears the name "soter" s.a. the Greco-Syrian King Demetrius Soter (famous for other reasons than the "soter"), immortalized by one of Cavafy's finest poems, it is usually for modest claims. Or in Jewish history the closest thing to a "Messiah" is Cyrus. https://t.co/if1Zj1NQfp — PolitiTweet.org