Nicholas Nassim Taleb wrote about this in fooled by randomness and Black swan... - Adebayo Adeniran - Medium

The media we consume (books, podcasts, TEDTalks) play a big role in reinforcing our survivorship bias. Outliers might get the press, but you never hear about the people who busted their asses for years and amounted to nothing.

Why Outliers are Bad Role Models for Most of Us

Srinivas Rao

Adebayo Adeniran

Feb 18, 2021

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