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entirely. In this book, I’ll discuss the danger of “unknown unknowns”—the risks that we are not even aware of. Perhaps the only greater threat is the risks we think we have a handle on, but don’t.* In these cases we not only fool ourselves, but our false confidence may be contagious.
Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
“In crowds it is stupidity and not mother-wit that is accumulated,” Gustave Le Bon noted in his 1895 classic on crowd psychology.
Burton G. Malkiel • A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Twelfth Edition)
Michael Mauboussin — How Great Investors Make Decisions, Harnessing The Wisdom (vs. Madness) of Crowds, Lessons from Race Horses, and More (#659) - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
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The wisdom of inner crowds is a useful last resort, but consulting one or more other people is far more effective. The
Adam Alter • Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
What is rational is what allows the collective—entities meant to live for a long time—to survive.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Social Psychology
riots/tribal terror/mob Foulkes
resonance Jordan/ Rothman/Nicolelis-True Creator of Everything CPL
reverie Bion/Ogden
outsight DeMare/Schlapoberdky
equivalence Hopper
La foule n'est pas seulement impulsive et mobile. Comme le sauvage, elle n'admet pas que quelque chose puisse s'interposer entre son désir et la réalisation de ce désir. Elle le comprend d'autant moins que le nombre lui donne le sentiment d'une puissance irrésistible.