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hbsingh
Dec 23, 20244 min read
2024 - Winners and Losers
"The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence—it is to act with yesterday's logic." - Peter Drucker If someone had...
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hbsingh
Nov 27, 20243 min read
The Risk of Excessive Caution
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." – Lao Tzu My biology teacher used to joke, "A pessimist is a man...
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hbsingh
Nov 15, 20243 min read
Did the policy work?
"The plural of anecdote is misinformation" - Dr. Jonathan Stea Did a policy work? Voters are in the mood for radical policies. Radical...
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hbsingh
Sep 27, 20245 min read
Competing narratives
"Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives" - Jacqui Stedmon What are narratives? In most situations there is...
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hbsingh
Jul 3, 20244 min read
What is the "far right"?
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Evelyn Beatrice Hall Increasingly we are hearing of...
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hbsingh
Jun 29, 20245 min read
What is democracy good for?
'It has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried' - Winston...
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hbsingh
Jun 23, 20244 min read
Why you should vote
"Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world."- Sharon Salzberg This year 2024, has...
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hbsingh
May 30, 20246 min read
Public square 2.0
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." What would a modern public square look like?...
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hbsingh
May 19, 20243 min read
Democracy and the public square
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people." - John Adams Imagine the cacophony of information that is...
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hbsingh
May 3, 20247 min read
Why tech chose misinformation
"The challenge is that the internet has created a place where misinformation just flourishes. We have to think about these systems more...
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hbsingh
Apr 27, 20245 min read
Free speech and its limits
Free speech has its limits. We need to work out what they should be. Freedom of speech is venerated by us as an essential right within a...
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hbsingh
Apr 6, 20245 min read
How do you switch off?
"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." - Anne Lamont There are at least two problems with...
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hbsingh
Jan 29, 20246 min read
Non-consensus investing
If there is one thing you take away from today's blog, it should be that to beat the market you need to understand the consensus and then...
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hbsingh
Jan 12, 20245 min read
Risk Management 101
Last week's blog on second order thinking was an introduction into how people beat the market. This week we are covering risk management...
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hbsingh
Jan 5, 20246 min read
Second order thinking
Dear readers, I am so excited to be starting 2024 with you and hope we have some great discussions. Today's blog (#90) is relevant for...
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hbsingh
Dec 22, 20232 min read
2024 topics
“I feel I change my mind all the time. And I sort of feel that's your responsibility as a person, as a human being – to constantly be...
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hbsingh
Dec 15, 20233 min read
2023 - the review
Thank you. Thank you to all readers of the blog. Your comments, questions and follow-on discussions on the topics have been amazing and...
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hbsingh
Dec 8, 20237 min read
Why we make investment mistakes
Ray Dalio: "The biggest mistake investors make is to believe that what happened in the recent past is likely to persist." John Templeton:...
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hbsingh
Dec 1, 20234 min read
Why beginner investors are lucky
“Investing is a funny business. It's really easy to be average. Just buy an index fund. It's really hard to be above average.”- Howard...
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hbsingh
Nov 24, 20232 min read
Why are investment decisions important?
'Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.' - Daniel Kahneman Welcome to blog 85, which will be the...
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