Navigating Complexity: The Power of Language and Learning

Jim O'Shaughnessy is an investor and the founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.

Time, space and geography are collapsing. The richest people on the planet are no longer in charge of labour or buildings, they're symbol manipulators. The skillsets we need today are completely different to what was needed 50 years ago, let alone 500. Jim is here to give us some advice on how we can survive this catastrophic reshuffling.

Expect to learn why 2020 was the best thing to happen to talented people in the developing world, the danger of grade-inflation in top flight universities, why we both have a man-crush on Rory Sutherland, why Isaac Newton was a dick and much more...

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Check out Jim's company - https://www.osam.com/ 

Check out Jim's Podcast - https://www.infiniteloopspodcast.com/ 

Follow Jim on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jposhaughnessy

Rick and Morty and The Meaning Of Life 1 - https://hackernoon.com/rick-and-morty-and-the-meaning-of-life-6640df17e263

Rick and Morty and The Meaning Of Life 2 - https://medium.com/@dan.jeffries/rick-and-morty-and-the-meaning-of-life-part-ii-screw-enlightenment-become-an-adult-instead-e1b2ec832e4e

Jim's Superthread - https://twitter.com/jposhaughnessy/status/1343371350493319169

Another Jim Superthread - https://twitter.com/antilibrary_vk/status/1164959690234593280

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