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The quote says people are limited in how well they can imagine the future. It suggests that we often fail to recognize which things will matter most until they are already important. The point is that uncertainty makes it hard to predict tomorrow's priorities.
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Books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan
2005
Antifragile
2012
Fooled by randomness
2001
Skin in the Game
2019
The Bed of Procrustes
2016