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THE LAW OF SINGULARITY

History teaches that the only thing that works in marketing is the single, bold stroke.

ENHANCE LIFE WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAYS

If you are to live a beautiful life, you first must begin to live beautiful days

80/20 REFLECTIONS ON AN ELECTION ‘SURPRISE’

The only thing surprising about the British General Election was that everyone was surprised by it.

APPLE AND THE SIMPLE CASE FOR CAPITALISM

Twenty-one years after the stunning introduction of the Macintosh in 1984, Apple continues to astonish

OUR CHILDREN & GRAND-CHILDREN WILL BE RICHER

Today’s young people won’t experience the benign economic weather which has blessed most of their parents...

CAN FRACTAL 80/20 TAP INSANE MONEY?

he science of chaos – in particular the theory of fractal patterns

THE GAME OF LIFE

Mother nature does not endow us with clear rules.

IS PROGRESS REAL?

Science – “one of the discouraging discoveries … is that science is neutral

IS DEMOCRACY SECURE?

Plato boiled political evolution down to a sequence of monarchy, aristocracy, democracy, and dictatorship

THE LESSONS OF HISTORY ABOUT WEALTH AND THE 80/20 VIEW OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING

24 February 2015

I stumbled across this little gem when one of my readers, Rohan Thompson of Sydney, kindly sent it to me

BEYOND THE IMITATION GAME

17 February 2015

Does the truth matter – in entertainment, business, politics, and life in general?

SIMPLE PRINCIPLES FOR A COMPLEX WORLD

10 February 2015

The use of simple principles – rules of thumb – makes me an extreme reductionist.

WE ARE ANGELS, NOT VICTIMS

03 February 2015

The divine world exists and is perfect.

EIGHT RULES FOR A RANDOM PLANET

27 January 2015

The brain sees the world as far, far less, random than it actually is

WHY VENTURE CAPITAL GIVES HUMANS A BIOLOGICAL EDGE

20 January 2015

he reason why life stays the same and does not improve is because species cannot take a long-term view.

THE 80/20 VIEW OF EXPECTATIONS

13 January 2015

ublic transport in London has been transformed by one simple act of technology

DO YOU NEED TO BE LIKED?

06 January 2015

Do you need to be liked? Is it important in business to be liked?

HOW TO ESCAPE THE WORRY PRINCIPLE

16 December 2014

One percent of our problems is responsible for ninety-nine percent of our worries.

BRUCE HENDERSON’S AMAZING TAX PLAN

09 December 2014

None of the essays is so hot to handle as the one on tax, and it is surprising how little attention has been given to it.

5 MORE GREAT CONCEPTS FOR HAPPINESS

02 December 2014

The most exciting philosophy-religion in the first and second centuries AD was Gnosticism.

THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE

18 November 2014

Intuition is great, but not enough

THE BEST THING EVER WRITTEN ABOUT STRATEGY

11 November 2014

The early stuff was by far the best.

THE KNOWLEDGE PHILOSOPHY – ANCIENT & MODERN

04 November 2014

And guess who appears to have been the best exponent of the “Knowledge Philosophy”?

GIVING UP WHAT WE LOVE DOING

28 October 2014

What is it about “giving up”?

THE 80/20 VIEW OF THE UNCONSCIOUS

21 October 2014

Have you ever had the experience of finding a problem insoluble

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