#70 Mark Spitznagel: The Dao of Capital
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Learning from nature's adaptive strategy
The book's message emphasizes the importance of observing and learning from nature, which has existed for a much longer time period than humans. One of the key lessons is to avoid direct head-on competition for scarce resources and instead pursue a roundabout path toward an intermediate step, which ultimately leads to a position of advantage. The conifer tree is highlighted as a great success story in natural history, having survived for an estimated 300 million years through its adaptive strategy. The paragraph emphasizes the idea that it's far better to be different than to compete with everybody else.
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