What is a powerful strategy?

What is a powerful strategy? 

To be willing to escalate above and beyond any acceptable level of risk. 

What do you need to know when nothing seems to make sense?

What do you need to know when nothing seems to make sense?

Knowing who you are. 

Why is difficult to learn from history?

Why is difficult to learn from history?

Because the narrative is usually wrong

When do you know that you can do it?

When do you know that you can do it?

When you have done it before.

When the usual tools are no guide?

When the usual tools are no guide?

When there is no way of valuing

Why society cannot harness technology?

Why society cannot harness technology?

Because technology monopolies attention.

How to disagree with the true?

How to disagree with the true?

Reinforcing biases.

How to be free?

How to be free?

Choosing the life you want by getting things you don't want.

How to start a financial crisis?

How to start a financial crisis?

Borrowing money to buy the most vulnerable assets.

How to be perfectly efficient?

How to be perfectly efficient?

Having everything.

How to grow?

How to grow?

Using the unknown.

How to test ideas for real?

How to test ideas for real?

With unavailable technology.

How to succeed?

How to succeed?

Focusing on strategy and meticulous research.

How to create a confused society?

How to create a confused society?

Introducing demons who are dead and alive.

Why housing will not be more affordable for everyone?

Why housing will not be more affordable for everyone?

Because regulators and wealthy people do care about preserving things the way they are.

What is the best expectation?

What is the best expectation?

The unexpected expectation.

What happens when there is no American "us" any more?

What happens when there is no American "us" any more?

Everybody wants to be reinforced in their beliefs.

How to solve a problem?

How to solve a problem?

With sustained thinking.

How to fix things?

How to fix things? 

Going a bit slower.

How to change attitudes and behaviors?

How to change attitudes and behaviors? 

With economic tools. 

How to put value on things?

How to put value on things?

Devoting your own labour to them.