psychology

One of my main goals in markets is to identify HOW the rules of the game are changing BEFORE everyone else realizes it.

By rejecting the premise and imagining the future, we can see that yesterday’s solution (ICE cars) is today’s problem (air pollution), which becomes tomorrow’s solution (electric vehicles). Here are a few more examples: Yesterday, processed foods saved lives from contamination and bacteria. Today, processed foods are a major factor in obesity,

A society that gives short shrift to the power of something as unquantifiable as imagination and focuses instead on the power of the intellect.

Studies show that your boss has a much larger effect on your happiness and success than the company at large.

We think of gang members as lawless, impulsive psychopaths, and surely there are many who fall into this category, but they know a lot more about trust and cooperation than we give them credit for.

the increasing extravagance of noble consumption.

Commitment makes decision-making easier and removes any fear of missing out; knowing that what you already have is good enough,

Wrong. Retiring is associated with cognitive decline, heart disease, and cancer. Those effects weren’t due to aging but because people stop being active and engaged.

The key to a good life is not giving a fuck about more; it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck about only what is true and immediate and important.