Morgan Housel
@morganhousel
@collabfund, author, director at Markel Group. Nice to see you.
I wrote a new book: The Art of Spending Money Out October 7th.
Discussed more with @morganhousel hubermanlab.com/episode/morgan…
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Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
Save like a pessimist and invest like an optimist.
Little Ways The World Works If you find something that is true in more than one field, you’ve probably uncovered something particularly important. The more fields it shows up in, the more likely it is to be a fundamental driver of how the world works. collabfund.com/blog/little-wa…
I walked under a ladder (only way around). Joked with the contractor: "Haha, that's bad luck right?" Immediately went back to my desk and spilled coffee all over my computer, which now won't turn on.
Elder tweeters remember when posts were capped at 50 likes. It was impossible to go viral - zero incentive to say crazy things. Probably produced better content.
I hate to be old man shaking fist but these e-bikes that every suburban 13 year old boy fly around town on seem like a terrible idea.
It’s easy to spot other people’s bullshit and nearly impossible to recognize your own.
Morgan Housel's anecdotes are another level.
Jerry Seinfeld made the point that before the 1980s it was almost impossible for young people to get rich, so if you had a career choice you gravitated towards the coolest and most impactful jobs. x.com/Fapital3/statu…
how do young people get rich besides crypto
.@jimmycarr: In your 20s you worry about what everyone thinks of you. In your 30s you say “I don’t care what anyone thinks of me.” In your 40s you realize they weren’t thinking about you the whole time.
"There is nothing so unstable as a stabilized price level." - Jim Grant Calm plants the seeds of crazy.