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A Big Little Idea Called Ergodicity (Or, The Ultimate Guide to Russian Roulette)
This is a big article. Download it as a beautiful PDF to read later! You will also get access to my popular Interesting Times newsletter where I share links to similar articles, tools and lots more. One of the most frequent questions I get from readers is “How do I win at Russian Roulette?” I’m sure you can relate. You’re standing in the dairy aisle at the grocery … [Read more...]
The Best Books I Read In 2017
2017 was my best reading year yet. It was also the first year I didn’t set a reading goal. I noticed a tendency in myself when I had some arbitrarynumber of books to read that I tended to pick out the shortest and lightest books and avoided the longest and densest ones. I committed instead to reading an hour per day and tackling whichever books I thought would most impact my thinking. This … [Read more...]
Bug Out Bag Essentials for Reasonably Rational People
I don't want the backstory, just show me the list of bug out bag essentials In 2011, I lived with Mimi in her home in Córdoba, Argentina. About two months after I moved in with Mimi, I was sitting across the table from her, listening to her explain the Argentine peso devaluation that had happened in 2001. In the 1990s, the Argentine peso was pegged to the U.S. dollar. That meant the Argentine … [Read more...]
Kaleidoscope Thinking: How to Think Faster and More Clearly
Tl;dr Kaliedoscope thinking is how to think faster and more clearly. It is an increasingly important career skill and anyone can learn to do it by following a couple simple guidelines. Every year in late April or early May, Charlie Munger walks onto a stage in a large basketball stadium in Nebraska. He looks out at the crowd, usually around 40,000 people, gathered for the The Berkshire Hathaway … [Read more...]