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A novel setting Anna's ruinous affair against Levin's search for how to live.
Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Austen Allred, Laura R Walker and 3 others
Why people mistake luck for skill, above all in markets.
“Fooled by Randomness is a serious, intellectually sophisticated book, well worth reading carefully. At times, the book is condescending. Nevertheless, there are some great insights.” — Barton Biggs
Source: Biggs on a sophisticated book worth reading carefully
Recommended by: Barton Biggs, Michael Mauboussin and 11 others
Diamond's central question — why did some civilizations come to dominate others over 10,000 years? — is precisely the kind of question that requires long-term thinking to even ask. The answer, rooted in geography and biology rather than culture or intelligence, is a model for how to reason about slow causes and fast effects.
“This is an insightful read on the pace at which societies develop and why.” — Christopher Bloomstran
Source: Semper Augustus 2023 Letter to Clients, 'Worldly Wisdom', p. 81
Recommended by: Charlie Munger, Christopher Bloomstran and 14 others
Recommended by: Frank Blake, Tyler Cowen
How behavioural economics was built against economists who assumed rational agents.
“He opens his new book, Misbehaving, with Vilfredo Pareto's assertion” — Howard Marks
Source: Oaktree memo 'On the Couch'
Recommended by: Howard Marks, Peter Mallouk, Tyler Cowen
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