Hi Matt, never heard the sparrow story before, really interesting lens to start a newsletter about finance and investing. I'm not a super savvy investor (index fund buy and hold guy here) so am interested to hear your takes on the markets in these volatile times.
We treat non-linear problems with linear thinking. Then, we complain about why we achieved the same results as the majority. Ignorance at epic scale.
As market participants, we have to perform qualitatively and quantitatively different tasks simultaneously:
See the tree and the forest at once.
Connect the past with the present and the present with the future.
Act tactically but think strategically.
The left hemisphere lures us with ordered thinking, while the right scares us with its chaotic flow. Relying on the left results in an incomplete thesis. Using only the right part of the brain is dangerous, too. We miss the focus and attention to detail. The key is unity between logical reasoning and flow perception.
An excellent initiative. You are creating your on complex system, and I look forward to observing how it evolves. If you haven't done so already, consider reading "Complexity" by M. Mitchell Waldrop.
I'm glad the hemisphere hypothesis has found an investing voice. Trading/investing is the exemplar I default to when highlighting how far down the narrow, focused, acontextual road we've gone.
Matt! A pleasure to read the whole way through. Made me excited for more Whole Brain Investing pieces to come 👀
The OG, vintage TED talks were truly “ideas worth spreading”. Holding a whole-brain, interconnected view is very much an idea I hope spreads like wildfire.
Fun to see the Robert Fritz reference! Gold book that not many people know about. Honestly I often forget how much the message is baked into my thinking.
Hi Matt, never heard the sparrow story before, really interesting lens to start a newsletter about finance and investing. I'm not a super savvy investor (index fund buy and hold guy here) so am interested to hear your takes on the markets in these volatile times.
Excellent article!
We treat non-linear problems with linear thinking. Then, we complain about why we achieved the same results as the majority. Ignorance at epic scale.
As market participants, we have to perform qualitatively and quantitatively different tasks simultaneously:
See the tree and the forest at once.
Connect the past with the present and the present with the future.
Act tactically but think strategically.
The left hemisphere lures us with ordered thinking, while the right scares us with its chaotic flow. Relying on the left results in an incomplete thesis. Using only the right part of the brain is dangerous, too. We miss the focus and attention to detail. The key is unity between logical reasoning and flow perception.
An excellent initiative. You are creating your on complex system, and I look forward to observing how it evolves. If you haven't done so already, consider reading "Complexity" by M. Mitchell Waldrop.
I'm glad the hemisphere hypothesis has found an investing voice. Trading/investing is the exemplar I default to when highlighting how far down the narrow, focused, acontextual road we've gone.
Shades of Taleb.
Great post, complexity in concise clarity ! Roger Shepard, Betty Edwards, Doyne Farmer in concert :). Looking forward to reading more.
Thank you Todd, looking forward to your thoughts on the next one!
Fantastic article! Looking forward to reading so much more on this from you.
Thanks Lara, I really loved your posts too!
Great article Matt. Looking forward to reading more.
Great article! Love the clarity and simplicity of the idea!
Your writing is very important. We see this all the time in medicine: paradigms that make a lot of sense under a microscope fail in clinical trials.
Amazing stuff thanks mate.
You're an absolute legend Tom!
Matt! A pleasure to read the whole way through. Made me excited for more Whole Brain Investing pieces to come 👀
The OG, vintage TED talks were truly “ideas worth spreading”. Holding a whole-brain, interconnected view is very much an idea I hope spreads like wildfire.
I like this. You haven’t posted enough
Fun to see the Robert Fritz reference! Gold book that not many people know about. Honestly I often forget how much the message is baked into my thinking.