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Great read and I think it's spot-on. It reminds me of this excellent essay by Charlie Munger (Buffett's partner in BRK), "The Art of Stockpicking": http://www.g

by sayemm 16y ago

Great read and I think it's spot-on. It reminds me of this excellent essay by Charlie Munger (Buffett's partner in BRK), "The Art of Stockpicking": http://www.grahamanddoddsville.net/wordpress/Files/Gurus/Charlie%20Munger/Charlie%20Munger%20_%20Art%20of%20Stock%20Picking.pdf http://www.grahamanddoddsville.net/wordpress/Files/Gurus/Cha... In there, he stresses the need for having multiple models in your head, or different mental frameworks that coalesce to form a unique perspective in your field.

espeed 16y ago
"And the models have to come from multiple disciplines because all the wisdom of the world is not to be found in one little academic department. That's why poetry professors, by and large, are so unwise in a worldly sense. They don't have enough models in their heads. So you've got to have models across a fair array of disciplines. " This is analogs to "Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie" (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2287213 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2287213) "It can be hard to believe a true strength coach the first time he tells you that by pressing and dead-lifting on even days, squatting and doing chin-ups on odd days, avoiding all other exercises, and adding a little to the bar each time, you’ll be stronger than you’ve ever been in only a month’s time. Thanks to the fitness industry, we’re so conditioned to equate sophistication with complexity — and to think we’ve got to “work each body part” — that our gut just says, No way; that can’t work. But it works like magic, and the entire body hardens up in unison." The common principle is that you grow in balance -- if one part is deficient, it can hinder the growth of the whole. http://www.mensjournal.com/everything-you-know-about-fitness-is-a-lie/print/ http://www.mensjournal.com/everything-you-know-about-fitness...

by sayemm 16y ago

espeed 16y ago

"And the models have to come from multiple disciplines because all the wisdom of the world is not to be found in one little academic department. That's why poetry professors, by and large, are so unwise in a worldly sense. They don't have enough models in their heads. So you've got to have models across a fair array of disciplines. " This is analogs to "Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie" (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2287213 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2287213) "It can be hard to believe a true strength coach the first time he tells you that by pressing and dead-lifting on even days, squatting and doing chin-ups on odd days, avoiding all other exercises, and adding a little to the bar each time, you’ll be stronger than you’ve ever been in only a month’s time. Thanks to the fitness industry, we’re so conditioned to equate sophistication with complexity — and to think we’ve got to “work each body part” — that our gut just says, No way; that can’t work. But it works like magic, and the entire body hardens up in unison." The common principle is that you grow in balance -- if one part is deficient, it can hinder the growth of the whole. http://www.mensjournal.com/everything-you-know-about-fitness-is-a-lie/print/ http://www.mensjournal.com/everything-you-know-about-fitness...