
02 May Taste of turtle (NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB)
You who caught the turtles better eat them, goes the ancient adage.
The origin of the expression is as follows. It was said that a
group of fishermen caught a large number of turtles. After cooking
them, they found out at the communal meal that these sea animals
were much less edible than they thought: not many members of
the group were willing to eat them. But Mercury happened to be
passing by—Mercury was the most multitasking, sort of put-
together god, as he was the boss of commerce, abundance,
messengers, the underworld, as well as the patron of thieves and
brigands and, not surprisingly, luck. The group invited him to join
them and offered him the turtles to eat. Detecting that he was only
invited to relieve them of the unwanted food, he forced them all to
eat the turtles, thus establishing the principle that you need to eat
what you feed others.
Skin in the Game
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB