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Here's the relevant draft from SITG: http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/employee.pdf

He also has the same idea peppered throughout Antifragile.

And here [1] (Reddit AMA) "The point is that if you want to be a writer, an artist, or a researcher in something solitary, better have a job that is steady and not taxing intellectually. Think of Spinoza, Einstein, Bayes..." It is not what initiated this thread but it is related in the sense that you can find a job to cover your basic expenses but not being demanding intelectually to pursue other interests.

I read the same from the artist Leon Ferrari [2] [3] he was an engineer and the son of an artist. His father told him to have a career and just then be an artist. This was an anti-fragile advice.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/38onec/i_am_nassim...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Ferrari

[3] https://www.amazon.com/Ferrari-Leon-Prologo-Andrea-Giunta/dp...

I've long told my recording clients, "real musicians have a day job" because it described so much of the best talent to come through the studio.

In Black Swan doesn't he talk about how terrible it is to be an entrepreneur and how much better it is to be an employee?

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