The Importance of Connecting the Dots Between Fields

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A study suggests that a machine built in haste will fail quicker than one put together carefully and methodically. The same thing has been found in humans and in birds and in rats. Shmoft Palaapati, the investor, he once said that however fast a business grows, that's the half life for how quickly it can be destroyed.

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.