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#509 - Colin O'Brady - The Man Who Walked Across Antarctica
Modern Wisdom
The Region Beater Paradox
There's an idea that i learned about last week called the region beater paradox. The important insight here is that if you only take action when things cross a certain threshold of badness, sometimes better things can feel worse than worse things. We don't take these inflection points for granted and we also hedge against that momentary discomfort. I liken it to you'r sitting in your kitchen with your spouse saying "I want a new kitchen" You have to go find this apartment yourself. It's not just like the next hampster wheel - whether that hampster is the harvard business school graduates or ghoold dollars at a hedgepond. And we'd all
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