Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger

Posted on 18 June 2018 by Peter Bevelin

Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius great wisdom A man who has committed a mistake and doesn t correct it, is committing another mistake Seeking Wisdom is the result of Bevelin s learning about attaining wisdom His quest for wisdom originated partly from making mistakes himself and observing those of others but also from the philosophy of super investor and Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charles Munger A man whose simplicity and clarity of thought was unequal to anything Bevelin had seen In addition to naturalist Charles Darwin and Munger, Bevelin cites an encyclopedic range of thinkers from first century BCE Roman poet Publius Terentius to Mark Twainfrom Albert Einstein to Richard Feynmanfrom 16th Century French essayist Michel de Montaigne to Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett In the book, he describes ideas and research findings from many different fields This book is for those who love the constant search for knowledge It is in the spirit of Charles Munger, who says, All I want to know is where I m going to die so I ll never go there There are roads that lead to unhappiness An understanding of how and why we can die should help us avoid them We can t eliminate mistakes, but we can prevent those that can really hurt us Using exemplars of clear thinking and attained wisdom, Bevelin focuses on how our thoughts are influenced, why we make misjudgments and tools to improve our thinking Bevelin tackles such eternal questions as Why do we behave like we do What do we want out of life What interferes with our goals Read and study this wonderful multidisciplinary exploration of wisdom It may change the way you think and act in business and in life. Download Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger By Peter Bevelin – kino-fada.fr I give this book 5 stars not because this is one of the best books I have read but because this is one of the best summary of ideas I ingested in last 2 years I don t know how a casual reader with no prior exposure to topics covered in the book would ingest the densely packed material but if you are an ardent reader in topics such as decision science, finance and probability this book is nothing but a collection of ideas from these areas If you have read Thinking, Fast and Slow , 50% of I give this book 5 stars not because this is one of the best books I have read but because this is one of the best summary of ideas I ingested in last 2 years I don t know how a casual reader with no prior exposure to topics covered in the book would ingest the densely packed material but if you are an ardent reader in topics such as decision science, finance and probability this book is nothing but a collection of ideas from these areas If you have read Thinking, Fast and Slow , 50% of seeking wisdom would be redundant for you If you have read The Drunkard s Walk How Randomness Rules Our Lives another 25% of the material i...More a compiliation of Buffet and Munger s words of wisdom than a book As compiliations go, its pretty good Some of my favorites Beliefs have biological consequencesFear of loss is greater than the desire for gainOur brain operateson pattern recognition than logicCost of doing nothing can be greater than the cost of an actionNothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcomeHuman beings are good at interpreting new information so that prior conclusions More a compiliation of Buffet and Munger s words of wisdom than a book As compiliations go, its pretty good Some of my favorites Beliefs have biological consequencesFear of loss is greater than the desire for gainOur brain operateson pattern recognition than logicCost of doing nothing can be greater than the cost of an actionNothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcomeHuman beings are good at interpreting new informatio...This is a very challenging read It is dense, with vitally important insights packed on every page How can we think clearly Where do we find wisdom Why do we trick ourselves All these questions andare answered in these pagesBut, the book is organized so that you go through the steps of uncovering the mental processes first It can be a slog at times, with so much learning when I just want to get to the so how then do I live partThat said, I think everyone with sufficient This is a very challenging read It is dense, with vitally important insights packed on every page How can we think clearly Where do we find wisdom Why do we trick ourselves All these questions andare answered in these pagesBut, the book is organized so tha...INTRODUCTION All I want to know is where I m going to die so I ll never go there Charlie MungerThere are roads that lead to unhappiness An understanding of how and why we can die should help us to avoid them.The best way to learn what, how and why things work is to learn from others I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out I don t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself Nobody s that smart Charlie MungerThe INTRODUCTION All I want to know is where I m going to die so I ll never go there Charlie MungerThere are roads that lead to unhappiness An understanding of how and why we can die should help us to avoid them.The best way to learn what, how and why things work is to learn from others I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out I don t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself Nobody s that smart Charlie MungerThe best way to achieve wisdom is to learn the big ideas that underlie reality Even people who aren t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest minds of past centuries Rene Descar...This felt like an information dump to me There s a lot of value, but it s heavily condensed and anecdotal making it really difficult to come away with anything that couldn t be better learned by reading it straight from Munger or Buffett or any of the other sources that are so heavily quoted.Seeking Wisdom is an engaging collection of insights across numerous fields Ranging from psychology, biology, and even probability, the book engages the reader with new material at every page Seeking Wisdom is a g...Kevin highly recommended on instagramAs the title promises, the book is full of nuggets of worldly wisdom Lots of it is applicable directly in the context of work, investing, and in life Even people already familiar with Charlie Munger s ideas will have lots of new take aways To be clear though, the book goes far beyond only Darwin and Munger.One of my personal highlights from the book was this paragraph p.177 178 You see that again and again that people have some information they can count well and they have other As the title promises, the book is full of nuggets of worldly wisdom Lots of it is applicable d...A masterpiece Not a word extra Dense Had to read repeatedly to make sense of some parts.The very terrific book, the one that you may open at any page and start reading The book contains multiple sections influences lot of things correlating with Influence by Robert Cialdini , physics and math, misjudgments, guidance to better thinking checklists, worst scenarios etc The book is literally packed with quotes from Buffet, Munger and many others The final section is the compilations grouped by topics from Munger and Buffet talks and letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders The very terrific book, the one that you may open at any page and start reading The book contains multiple sections influences lot of 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18 June 2018

Peter Bevelin