This article presents a very narrow view of decision-making that only applies in certain situations.
Being able to make good decisions based on conflicting or incomplete information is critically important.
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Being able to make good decisions based on conflicting or incomplete information is critically important.
William Blake - the most singularly original poet/artist I've ever read. I wish my products were like his poems.
Benjamin Franklin - limitless intellectual curiosity + an astonishingly good writer
Marcus Aurelius - the guy who'll get you through the bad times
The role that biases play in my own thinking. Charlie Munger's speech that was on this site a while ago articulates a lot of things I was beginning to realize (http://vinvesting.com/docs/munger/human_misjudgement.html)
I struggled for a long time with procrastination and low productivity. When I realized that abandoning the parts of my life that were not deeply fulfilling (browsing the web aimlessly, refreshing RSS feeds, wasting time in forums, watching tv etc) would not actually be as painful as I thought it would, it changed how I live and work in a very fundamental way.