[silk] I’m Just Now Realizing How Stupid We Are

2014-07-02 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Ostensibly a column about finance, but far, far deeper than that. Udhay http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/06/11/im-just-now-realizing-how-stupid-we-are.aspx I’m Just Now Realizing How Stupid We Are By Morgan Housel This is my 3,000th column. I've learned a tremendous amount in

Re: [silk] I’m Just Now Realizing How Stupid We Are

2014-07-02 Thread Shenoy N
Lovely read! There is so much truth there! I've learned that there's a strong correlation between knowledge and humility. People who spend 10 minutes on Google studying monetary policy think they have it all figured out, while people with Ph.D.s and decades of experience throw up their hands in

[silk] What matters now

2009-12-15 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Interesting. Another self-conscious attempt to kickstart a social movement (or ten). The download itself is quite thought-provoking, and I recommend it. Thoughts from the folks here? Udhay http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/12/what-matters-now-get-the-free-ebook.html Now, more than

Re: [silk] What matters now

2009-12-15 Thread anish . mohammed
Apologies on top post, few of my colegues at work have reccomended it :) Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:39:45 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] What matters now Interesting. Another

Re: [silk] then and now....

2008-04-19 Thread Biju Chacko
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My favorite statistics to watch are (a) The life expectancy in China and India, (b) Economic indicators for China and India, (c) Life expectancy for sub-Saharan African countries, esp. South Africa and Botswana (Anyone

[silk] then and now....

2008-04-17 Thread ashok _
I dont know if this has been posted before, but i found it very interesting. http://www.gapminder.org/world/ Select a Y-axis indicator, Select an X - Axis indicator, Check the countries you want to compare, Select a bubble sizehit play, rinse, repeat...

Re: [silk] then and now....

2008-04-17 Thread Thaths
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:46 AM, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know if this has been posted before, but i found it very interesting. http://www.gapminder.org/world/ Select a Y-axis indicator, Select an X - Axis indicator, Check the countries you want to compare, Select a