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Great Daniel Kahneman quote to his students:
"When someone in this room says something, don't ask if it's true. Ask what it might be true of."
Quite appropriate for Twitter
"When someone in this room says something, don't ask if it's true. Ask what it might be true of."
Quite appropriate for Twitter
Kahneman:
"Don't try to show you how smart you are by showing how stupid everyone else is.
Show me how smart you are by showing me how smart everyone else is"
"Don't try to show you how smart you are by showing how stupid everyone else is.
Show me how smart you are by showing me how smart everyone else is"
(these may be paraphrased as I got them from Michael Lewis on Tim Ferriss' podcast but useful nonetheless) https://tim.blog/2020/05/01/michael-lewis/
"I took a class called Physics For Poets, and I took it pass/fail and I flunked it. And I flunked it because I played racquetball instead of going to the lab."
This interview is a gem
This interview is a gem
Michael Lewis:
- Got IB job
- Writes in WSJ about how bankers are overpaid, with his name at the bottom
- Article blows up
- Soloman can't fire him because he had the second biggest account at the firm
- Keeps writing because he loves it
Amazing
- Got IB job
- Writes in WSJ about how bankers are overpaid, with his name at the bottom
- Article blows up
- Soloman can't fire him because he had the second biggest account at the firm
- Keeps writing because he loves it
Amazing
People didn't care Lewis was writing about confidential stuff, instead they were concerned for his sanity for wanting to leave such a high-paying job
“There’s no way I’d spend a lot of time here and still even want to do this. I’d be trapped and I don’t want to do that.”
“There’s no way I’d spend a lot of time here and still even want to do this. I’d be trapped and I don’t want to do that.”
Lewis is one of the happiest people.
Part of it is natural, but he also *tells* himself he's the happiest person he knows
"in the way you craft your narrative, [you are] kind of crafting your character"
![Lewis is one of the happiest people. Part of it is natural, but he also *tells* himself he's the happiest person he knows"in the way you craft your narrative, [you are] kind of crafting your character"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYutuYmUwAAJYF0.png "Lewis is one of the happiest people. Part of it is natural, but he also *tells* himself he's the happiest person he knows\"in the way you craft your narrative, [you are] kind of crafting your character\"")
Part of it is natural, but he also *tells* himself he's the happiest person he knows
"in the way you craft your narrative, [you are] kind of crafting your character"
