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The College Graduate & The Garbage Collector
A Thought Experiment from Robert Sapolsky
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November 2023
Why we behave the way we do
Charlie Munger succinctly identified some key biases and genres of misguided thinking which cause people to make avoidable yet sometimes catastrophic…
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Noise - A Flaw in Human Judgement
Book summary... and relating the lessons to watch collecting
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The fear and hubris cycle
The Fear & Greed Index was developed by CNN Business to measure investor sentiment and gauge the mood of the stock market. This sort of sentiment exists…
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Nudge - Improving decisions
"Nudge" by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein - A discussion about their book, which explores the evaluation of choices, biases and the limits of human…
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Illusions
Don’t let life’s illusions fool you into thinking you have nothing to be grateful for, because in fact, the opposite is true!
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October 2023
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Book summary... and relating the lessons to watch collecting
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Wristwatches and religions
SDC's first-ever guest post! by @AWatchCritic
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A Watch Critic
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Social comparison Part 3
Consequences and targets of envy, weak ties, schadenfreude, anger, shame, humiliation and pride
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Social comparison Part 2
Discussing social comparison, developmental psychology and benign vs malicious envy from the perspective of watch collecting.
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September 2023
Social comparison
Envy, Schadenfreude, and Social Comparison
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A. Lange & Söhne does not care about buying pre owned watches
Should they start caring?
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