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The Memo by Howard Marks

The Insight: Conversations – Special Episode with Annie Duke and Howard Marks

Dec 6, 2023
Former professional poker player Annie Duke joins Howard Marks to discuss decision-making, luck, decision quality, and uncertainty. They explore the importance of diverse perspectives, improving decision quality over time, risk management, and the challenges of using probabilities for decision-making.
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  • Decision-making is complicated by luck and incomplete information, making it challenging to assess decision quality.
  • Accepting uncertainty is crucial for effective decision-making and requires an accurate assessment of what is known and unknown.

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The interference of luck and information in decision-making

The main idea behind Annie Duke's book 'Thinking in Bets' is that decision-making is complicated by the interference of luck and incomplete information. When making decisions, individuals cannot know everything and are influenced by luck in the outcomes they observe. This creates a challenge in assessing the quality of decisions in hindsight, as it is difficult to separate outcome quality from decision quality. Duke emphasizes the need to embrace decision-making under uncertainty and improve the quality of decisions in light of limited information and the unpredictable influence of luck.

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