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Vaniver comments on April 2013 Media Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vaniver 14 April 2013 09:41:47PM 1 point [-]

I've been reading through Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger by Peter Bevelin. It was mentioned on LW before here; I agree with Kaufman that his book is a better primer on business, but don't think that's the right comparison to make. Seeking Wisdom is much more of a primer to rationality ('worldly wisdom'), with the added benefit of drawing heavily from the well of Munger and Buffett.

I haven't finished it yet, but so far have been enjoying Bevelin's approach to stepping through biases: each of the 28 he lists is explained, demonstrated in a story, finishing with advice on how to avoid it. One of the things I've found interesting about it is that Bevelin knows most of the people that are part of the LW rationality canon, like Kahneman, Tversky, Gilbert, and Cialdini, but also knows other people that rarely get mentioned here in the context of rationality, like Munger and Buffett.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 15 April 2013 03:19:52AM *  1 point [-]

Big Munger fan right here. I like Buffett too, but Munger cares to think outside of business (which is why he's worth 2 measly billion compared to Buffett's 40+ :-p).

This talk came on line recently, I've heard it before but it was not in wide circulation due to the things he said about certain people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqzcCfUglws