Lessons from History’s Technology Booms – Ep 225

The technology at the core of the mania is different every time. What doesn't change over time is human emotion .

There’s a quote often attributed to Albert Einstein: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” As an investor, especially if you manage someone else’s capital, you have to be slightly insane.

During market manias, time slows down to dog years. You have to keep doing the same (rational) thing but expect a different outcome, knowing that at some point it will come.

 

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