This episode has very little to do with money or investing, but in some ways it has everything. Many years ago, I got this fascinating email from Patrick O'Shaughnessy. The first line of the email really took me aback and I loved it. It said that since it is better to read around your field rather than in your field, there are no investing books on this list. That was such a perfect way to phrase an idea that many people have long held.
This episode has little to do with money. But in some ways it has everything to do with money.
That's the riddle I want to unpack.
I want to share a bunch of examples of what one field can teach us about another.
What can we learn from biology that teaches us something about money?
What can we learn from physics that teaches us something about business?
If you find something that is true in more than one field, you’ve probably uncovered something particularly important. The more fields it shows up in, the more likely it is to be a fundamental and recurring driver of how the world works.