Human beings have a remarkable ability to learn from others, yet show an incredible disinclination to do so. When we observe other people doing things we disapprove of we attribute that to their disposition. But when we make the same mistake, we attribute it now to the situation. That maybe there's education we need to undertake before we try it again. Maybe there are policies and procedures we could adopt that would keep us from doing it again. All of those things impede our ability to learn.
In this episode of Infinite Loops we spoke with Jason Zweig of The Wall Street Journal, where he writes his famous The Intelligent Investor column. Jason is also the author of Your Money and Your Brain, and the editor of the revised edition of Benjamin Graham''s The Intelligent Investor. In this discussion we cover:
- The power of writing to learn.
- Why humans never learn from their mistakes.
- Jason’s path into markets out of college.
- The lessons we can learn from the past.
- And much more
Follow Jason on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jasonzweigwsj) and check out his website (https://jasonzweig.com).