“It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover”, said Henri Poincaré, a famous French mathematician. As an expansion on Poincaré’s succinct thought, Popper gives an unsurprising explanation of the intuition part of creativity…
Tag: Business
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger on Studying Stupidity
If I could just avoid all the folly, maybe I could get an advantage without having to be really good at anything…And so this process I have gone through life identifying folly and trying to…
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on “Seneca’s Barbell” – The Strategy for an Antifragile Life
Antifragility implies more to gain than to lose, equals more upside than downside, equals (favorable) asymmetry. … Fragility implies more to lose than to gain, equals more downside than upside, equals (unfavorable) asymmetry. – Nassim…
Robert Greene on The Apprenticeship System and How to Effectively Start a New Job
Robert Greene, the author of The 48 Laws of Power states that the ultimate form of power is mastery. In Mastery, his other book focused on the concept throughout history, with support of biographical stories…
Nassim Taleb’s Skin In The Game – Summary and the Biggest Takeaways [Part Two]
After my second read of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book Skin In The Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life, it’s time for another part of everyday wisdom that can make you smarter. If you missed Part…
Peter Thiel on “What Valuable Company Is Nobody Building? ”
“What important truth do very few people agree with you on?” – Peter Thiel Here you won’t find an answer on what exactly is the valuable company that nobody is building. However, you will find…
Nassim Taleb’s Skin In The Game – Summary and the Biggest Takeaways [Part One]
Nassim Taleb’s Skin In The Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life is the book that fascinated me the most recently. It is deep on many levels: there’s advice on how to live ethical and antifragile…
Naval Ravikant on How Your “Specific Knowledge” Might Create Value
[…] Someone’s asking about my tweet, that you can’t get rich by renting out your time. Is there really any other way to get rich? Yeah, if I had tosummarize how to make money—at least…
The Difference Between First- and Second-Level Thinking and Why It Matters
[…] It’s not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid. – Charlie Munger In his book The Most Important Thing, Howard Marks describes Second-level thinking in the following way: First-level thinking…