The Memo by Howard Marks

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

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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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Thinking in Bets

  • Decision-making is challenging due to the influence of luck and hidden information.
  • Separate outcome quality from decision quality to improve decision-making.
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Investing as Betting

  • Approach uncertain situations like bets, considering chances and incomplete knowledge.
  • Investing requires coping with incomplete knowledge, luck, and skill.
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Decision Quality vs. Outcome

  • Separate decision logic from outcomes, especially in the short term due to luck's influence.
  • Focus on what's unknown, fact modeling, and diverse perspectives to improve decision quality.
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