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Posts by Albert Wenger

Mar 13, 2019

The last couple of Uncertainty Wednesdays examined fallacies based on statistical phenomena such as imperfect correlation and the base rate. Another one of these has to do with small numbers. A famous example of this fallacy occurred when a study Read more.

Mar 12, 2019

NOTE: Today’s excerpt from World After Capital is the first subsection in the chapter on psychological freedom. It deals with freeing ourselves from wanting as a crucial part of exiting the Job Loop. With the extraordinary success of capitalism built Read more.

Mar 8, 2019

Earlier this week I went to see Free Solo, which documents Alex Honnold’s ascent of El Capitan, with our son Michael. After being on the edge of our seats for most of the movie, we came away with sweaty hands Read more.

Mar 6, 2019

Last Uncertainty Wednesday considered how imperfect correlation is related to the narrative fallacy which in turn underlies observations such as the extravagant headquarters effect. Today I will examine why hiring is so ridiculously hard and even organizations which are very Read more.

Mar 4, 2019

NOTE: This is part of a series of excerpts from my book World After Capital. Today’s post introduces the concept of psychological freedom, which is crucial for living in a world that is information super saturated. Imagine you live in Read more.

Mar 1, 2019

I know that with everything going on here in the US it is hard to find the time to even think about other parts of the world, but the EU is currently losing its mind when it comes to copyright. Read more.

Feb 27, 2019

Last Uncertainty Wednesday I wrote about how regression to the mean at least partially explains the “curse” of building extravagant headquarters (which often signals an impending downturn in the performance of a company). Whenever we come up with a detailed Read more.

Feb 25, 2019

NOTE: I will resume posting excerpts from my book World After Capital next Monday. The field for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary has over a dozen declared candidates, including widely known names such as Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Read more.

Feb 20, 2019

In sports some people believe that there is a Sports Illustrated cover jinx: teams or individual athletes featured on the cover for outstanding performance, subsequently have a bad season. One explanation for this phenomenon is regression to the mean. The Read more.