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October 2022
If you ain't forecasting, you ain't living
It’s not unusual for investors and investing pundits to say they do not make forecasts. As Yogi Berra quipped, “It’s tough to make predictions…
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Stacey
August 2022
Everywhere you look there's lag
To better read the tea leaves, it pays to look at how systems work
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July 2022
Pain: it's complicated
The via negativa of pain and its contradictions
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Stacey
June 2022
Why Reflexivity Matters
Connecting "the universe of thoughts with the universe of events"
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Stacey
May 2022
April 2022
Advice to my younger self
I decided to temporarily divert from the Paradox Series as I approach my birthday. This is a deeply personal post so please feel free to skip. Upon…
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Knowledge paradoxes
Why we are becoming dumber
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March 2022
Reductionism and Reintegration
The dangers of reductionism and how to simplify without losing the essence of the thing itself.
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Stacey
February 2022
Social media and scapegoating
Cancel culture is the new human sacrifice
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Stacey
Mimetic theory, its criticisms and mimesis in the stock market
This is the first of several posts that discuss mimesis and its impact on our lives. Mimesis is the process of imitation. It comes from the Ancient…
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This is Trust, but verify (Doveryai, no proveryai), a newsletter about Idea deconstruction and synthesization.
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