The sentiments of crowds
A lot of wisdom in this excerpt from Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics: … if there is one thing we know about the sentiments of crowds, it is …
Will Bonner
“It was not what people did not know that proved their undoing; it was what they thought they knew that wasn’t so.”
Were witches losers in a reproductive game? Speaking about the great which hunts, in Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics, Will Bonner writes: But …
Ignorance Increases the Further Away you Are
While I’m not sure of the math, I enjoyed this quote from Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics: Ignorance increases the square of the distance from …
None of us really likes honesty
None of us really likes honesty. We prefer deception —but only when it is unabashedly flattering or artfully camouflaged. Groups seem to need to believe that they are superior to others and that they …
May The Odds Be Ever in Your Favor
In Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics, Will Bonner writes: …you don’t win by predicting the future; you win by getting the odds right. You …