I can&#x27;t be 100% sure what Taleb had in mind, but I think the idea is that Stoics are a little more defiant than Buddhists, whose reputation is more for passivity. In fact I truncated the quote, both for brevity and because I don&#x27;t like Taleb&#x27;s self-censorship, but the original reads as follows:<p><pre><code>    A Stoic is a Buddhist with attitude, one who says &quot;f*** you&quot; to fate.
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(asterisks in original).