What important truth do very few people agree with you on?Zero to One
Peter ThielWind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire.Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas TalebOur goal is more modest: we simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter, 1986
Warren BuffettNothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel KahnemanThe investor’s chief problem—and even his worst enemy—is likely to be himself.The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin GrahamIt is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with.The Prince, ch. 17 (tr. W. K. Marriott)
Niccolò MachiavelliThe moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.The Art of Learning
Josh WaitzkinThere is no single market secret to discover, no single correct way to trade the markets.The Market Wizards series
Jack D. SchwagerThe untutored mind does not like to be alone with itself.“Just Think,” Science, 2014 (Wilson et al.)
Timothy D. WilsonOne gains by losing and loses by gaining.Laozi, as used in The Dao of Capital
Mark SpitznagelHow to think under uncertainty: mental models, bias, and the difference between a story and a forecast.
Investing and speculation: how assets are valued, priced, and mispriced, from the investor's chair.
Building and running companies: products, customers, teams, and capital, from the founder's and operator's chair.
Medicine, diet, the gut, fasting, cold and breath: the protocols people use on themselves.
States, elites, war, capture, and the stories institutions tell after they have already decided.
What actually happened: wars, empires, and lives, and why they went the way they did.
How to live: philosophy that survives contact with work, family, risk, and time.
Novels and science fiction that carry ideas no argument can: power, freedom, technology, and the human condition.
The Open Curriculum