Incentives
by nicole and · updated 3mo ago
Incentives
alex added 3mo ago
Incentives are everything.
- One thing I didn’t realize until later in life is how the incentives of an industry shape your mood, your outlook, and even your character. In early stage investing, the incentives reward optimists, so it literally pays to keep an optimistic outlook. In journalism, the opposite… Show more
sari added 5mo ago
- The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner
from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
sari added 8mo ago
- 33% of British criminals were dying en route to Australia in the 1700s.
Britain switched from paying sea captains for every passenger who walked on the ship to paying them for every passenger who walked off. Immediately, the survival rate shot up to 99%.andrea added 9mo ago
sari added 9mo ago
Incentives Drive Behaviour:
- Lawyers always want another revision (paid $500/hr)
- Realtors always want to close a sub-par deal (2% fee means a $20,000 more for you isn't worth it for them)
- Wealth Managers will always push for the structure that pays them the most - usually more raw dollars (they get paid on AUM + additional trade fees, not resu
... See moreAlara added 10mo ago
- a lot of the magic of ChatGPT is nothing to do with AI, it’s just nice to consume high-quality internet content without ads or whacky custom formatting. the sad thing is, this isn’t a technology problem at all, it’s a business model, copyright & incentive problem. and I’m not… Show more
andrea added 10mo ago
incentives are everything
andrea added 10mo ago
You hire a contractor to fix your house, his incentive is to waste your money while yours isn't. You hire a financial advisor, her incentive is to get more fees. You get an investment advisor, they also want to get fees, plus a cut of the profits.
This is the principal agent problem, where the agent knows how to do something and often knows more, and you have to figure out how to trust them. Often, the biggest worry is getting ripped off, because the agents don’t mind if you lose your money or if you lose your floorboards, as the way they get paid is weighted towards the upside. The agents have a floor in terms of downside exposure, while principals like you want to be more prudent with money.
- “nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.”
alex added 1y ago
