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The finance industry is built on false mathematical precision and prone to systemic collapse.
Their wordsFinance only to find that it is a house of cards built on false precision, as the world collapsed around us
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Mental modelFirst principles
Their wordsincreasingly I see America as the place that rewards first principles thinkers and builders; that asks "why not?" instead of telling you why you cannot; that imperfectly supports optimism, reinvention and perseverance in spite of cynicism.
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