Taking our own past and haunting us with it

Episode 20 | Published: 2026-01-11

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Clips from Odd Lots, Tim Ferriss, Annie Duke, and Adam Curtis.

Chapters

The 1, 2, 3 method

The 1, 2, 3 method

00:00:00 - 00:01:44

Greg McKeown explains his approach for making sense of a chaotic day (Tim Ferriss on YouTube).

Odious debt

Odious debt

00:01:45 - 00:04:05

Lee Buchheit explains the concept of odious debt to Odd Lots

Instead we're teaching trigonometry

Instead we're teaching trigonometry

00:04:06 - 00:04:44

Annie Duke thinks we should teach probabilistic thinking much earlier (Infinite Loops podcast)

Why does the finance industry exist if markets are efficient?

Why does the finance industry exist if markets are efficient?

00:04:45 - 00:07:10

Odd Lots pondering the efficient markets hypothesis (Odd Lots podcast)

Taking our own past and haunting us with it

Taking our own past and haunting us with it

00:07:11 - 00:08:46

Adam Curtis on AI (The Rest is Entertainment on YouTube).