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The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies

Scott E. Page

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This book by Scott E. Page came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Michael Mauboussin. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

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Michael Mauboussin — How Great Investors Make Decisions | The Tim Ferriss Podcast

“the reason I like Scott's work so much is that it's not about handwaving or feeling good. It's actually mathematical”
“Scott's written a number of great books. The difference is his big book on this.”— Michael Mauboussin

The guest here is Michael Mauboussin: Head of Consilient Research on Counterpoint Global at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, longtime Columbia Business School adjunct finance professor, and author of investing classics including Think Twice, The Success Equation, More Than You Know, and Expectations Investing. Michael Mauboussin breaks down how great investors decide: base rates, wisdom of crowds, decision biases, and complex adaptive systems.

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