Every day, Jim O'Shaughnessy posts two thoughts from a thinker. His final question for each of his podcasts is for two ideas to change the world: Our final question, which is, we're going to make you the emperor of the whole world. For one day. You can't kill anybody. You can't put anyone in a reeducation camp, you can't disappear the people who really bother you.
> I’m fascinated by the idea that tension between opposites is creative.
You just explained the essence of complex system and its trade-off in one sentence. Love this!
Also I would like to submit Charlie Munger's quote "Take Simple Idea Seriously" in this "Think in Twos" folder. I felt Charlie knowingly put "simple" and "serious" in one sentence so it'll create forever tension in reader mind. Like, what if my definition of "simple idea" is actually wrong?
Why does Jim O'Shaughnessy Think in Twos?
> I would want everyone in the world to have a bias for action
> I want everyone in the world to ask themselves, “How am I wrong?”
In fact, that's exactly how the best software developers think. When solving a software problem, we have to be:
* pessimistic enough to find all the flaws of software, and
* optimistic enough to fix them all
I still haven't quite wrapped my head around that.
> I’m fascinated by the idea that tension between opposites is creative.
You just explained the essence of complex system and its trade-off in one sentence. Love this!
Also I would like to submit Charlie Munger's quote "Take Simple Idea Seriously" in this "Think in Twos" folder. I felt Charlie knowingly put "simple" and "serious" in one sentence so it'll create forever tension in reader mind. Like, what if my definition of "simple idea" is actually wrong?