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I’m convinced they hand the “365 Annoying Things For Morons To Say In Meetings” calendar out at the end of “two-day workshop at an airport Ramada” that clearly provides the management thinking of so many clients I’ve attended to.

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Feb 23Liked by Dan Davies

FOR: deeper and more robust rabbit holes

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Feb 23Liked by Dan Davies

Most of the problems people face in life, personal certainly, and probably even politically, are not parts of ensembles that statistical techniques will help with.

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I used to occasionally tease my quant friends by saying that the Russian Revolution did actually happen, it wasn't just a particularly large outlier in the distribution of equity returns

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Also: the Sailing Explainers have entered the chat.

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your not my real dad

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Feb 24Liked by Dan Davies

Jibe ho!

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Great post, thanks

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