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How stories influence investment questions

humans are meaning-making creatures. We see patterns where there are none; create inferences where there are only associations and distil intent where there is only coincidence. Making meaning is why we have both religion and science: two different fruits of the same tree. A tree we managed to climb down from to create the complex and interconnected world we live in today.

Investing and finance are as built on myth as any other part of human life. Money is a myth. We choose to exchange

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