Why Diversification Results In Mediocrity

“Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they are doing.” -Warren Buffet

Focus forces brutal prioritization

Making few bets forces you to make hard decisions. It’s extremely hard to measure the value of something against some abstract and absolute notion of value.

Proponents of diversification argue that it takes the edge off of making a mistake. That would be a good argument if people acted the same way independent of t... See more