I Have A Kindred Spirit
Who would have thunk it
Statistical Numbing: Why Millions Can Die and We Don’t Care
Excellent piece
Breakouts
There has been much chatter on our mentor forum lately regarding the breakout in the price of gold. I have mentioned several times that I had been long gold and short equity indices via our advisory service. I am now neutral with only one remaining short position in the market which is a carry over…
DetailsThe Illusion Of Asymmetric Insight
In 1954, in eastern Oklahoma, two tribes of children nearly killed each other. The neighboring tribes were unaware of each other’s existence. Separately, they lived among nature, played games, constructed shelters, prepared food – they knew peace. Each culture developed its own norms and rules of conduct. Each culture arrived at novel solutions to survival-critical…
DetailsInteresting Workplace Restriction
Marine Corps Times is a family newspaper and we only rarely have offensive language in our stories. But this week the word “fart” appears in a story I wrote about the importance of trust between Marines and the Afghan national army soldiers they work with. I didn’t want to write this little blog entry about…
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