Back in high school and undergrad, I was an excellent student: high marks, attended every class, and generally did what a model student ought to do.1 I was also pretty cocky — at least in the narrow domain of academic related things. Although I didn’t think myself as being smarter than others (just having a…
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After being in school for more than 20 years, I realized that most things aren’t that difficult. They just seem difficult because you haven’t learned them yet (alternatively, because they are taught in a poor manner). As Charlie Munger always says, if you have the fundamental mental models from the various important disciplines, then you…
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Incentives can be powerful things especially for the worse. Here’s one professor’s story on why he’s not a professor anymore. A particularly interesting excerpt is on the subject of “scaling” marks: “However there are lots of ways round this little problem. One of them is doctoring the marks. Except its not called ‘doctoring’ its called…
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“Well I think I’ve been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I’ve underestimated it. And never a year passes getting some surprise that pushes my limit a little farther.” Charlie Munger It’s strange how just by reading the news everyday…
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Back in Grade 8, we had an assignment to recreate the trial of Louis Riel. I remember clearly that I wanted to be the judge because I thought I would be good at it thinking I was honest, logical and fair. But it turned out I was assigned as a lawyer instead. Now a lawyer…