Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius' great wisdom: "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake." Seeking Wisdom is the result of Bevelin's learning about attaining wisdom. His quest for wisdom originated partly from making mistakes himself and observing those of others but also from the philosophy of super-invest...
Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius' great wisdom: "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake." Seeking Wisdom is the result of Bevelin's learning about attaining wisdom. His quest for wisdom originated partly from making mistakes himself and observing those of others but also from the philosophy of super-investor and Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charles Munger. A man whose simplicity and clarity of thought was unequal to anything Bevelin had seen.
In addition to naturalist Charles Darwin and Munger, Bevelin cites an encyclopedic range of thinkers: from first-century BCE Roman poet Publius Terentius to Mark Twain—from Albert Einstein to Richard Feynman—from 16th Century French essayist Michel de Montaigne to Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett. In the book, he describes ideas and research findings from many different fields.
This book is for those who love the constant search for knowledge. It is in the spirit of Charles Munger, who says, "All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." There are roads that lead to unhappiness. An understanding of how and why we can "die" should help us avoid them. We can't eliminate mistakes, but we can prevent those that can really hurt us.
Using exemplars of clear thinking and attained wisdom, Bevelin focuses on how our thoughts are influenced, why we make misjudgments and tools to improve our thinking. Bevelin tackles such eternal questions as: Why do we behave like we do? What do we want out of life? What interferes with our goals?
Read and study this wonderful multidisciplinary exploration of wisdom. It may change the way you think and act in business and in life.
The strategy that is effective in the long run is a modern version of"a tooth for a tooth" or TIT-FOR-TAT. It says that we should cooperate at the first meeting and then do whatever our "opponent" did the last time. (查看原文)
#9 读本书之前只粗浅地了解过芒格的25个误判心理学，看书名是From Darwin To Munger，本期待着书中有从进化心理学角度分析的芒格思维模型，不过基本没有发现这方面的内容，算是个遗憾。另外作者大概是默认读者拥有不少的通识知识才把很多比较重要的概念一笔带过，比如Bayes' Theorem（贝叶斯定理）、Normal Distribution（正态分布），或许是总结芒格思维模型比较全面...#9 读本书之前只粗浅地了解过芒格的25个误判心理学，看书名是From Darwin To Munger，本期待着书中有从进化心理学角度分析的芒格思维模型，不过基本没有发现这方面的内容，算是个遗憾。另外作者大概是默认读者拥有不少的通识知识才把很多比较重要的概念一笔带过，比如Bayes' Theorem（贝叶斯定理）、Normal Distribution（正态分布），或许是总结芒格思维模型比较全面的一本书，但写作逻辑不是很强，比较遗憾。领略式地读一下还是推荐的。(展开)
原刊于《证券市场周刊》2013年第32期。 五花王/文 古人有云，读书要靠枕上、厕上、马上。 说到枕上，我床头放着的《Seeking Wisdom:From Darwin to Munger》（《探寻智慧：从达尔文到芒格》）是我百读不厌的一本书。从最早某家自称价值投资的杂志用内部资料形式翻译的中文版...
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3 有用 晨光 2014-04-20 07:59:45
读得一知半解，附录中演讲中的reverse thinking印象深刻
1 有用 扣子 2019-09-21 20:36:24
#9 读本书之前只粗浅地了解过芒格的25个误判心理学，看书名是From Darwin To Munger，本期待着书中有从进化心理学角度分析的芒格思维模型，不过基本没有发现这方面的内容，算是个遗憾。另外作者大概是默认读者拥有不少的通识知识才把很多比较重要的概念一笔带过，比如Bayes' Theorem（贝叶斯定理）、Normal Distribution（正态分布），或许是总结芒格思维模型比较全面... #9 读本书之前只粗浅地了解过芒格的25个误判心理学，看书名是From Darwin To Munger，本期待着书中有从进化心理学角度分析的芒格思维模型，不过基本没有发现这方面的内容，算是个遗憾。另外作者大概是默认读者拥有不少的通识知识才把很多比较重要的概念一笔带过，比如Bayes' Theorem（贝叶斯定理）、Normal Distribution（正态分布），或许是总结芒格思维模型比较全面的一本书，但写作逻辑不是很强，比较遗憾。领略式地读一下还是推荐的。 (展开)
0 有用 ILoveRMB 2018-02-01 00:19:50
如何学到芒格思维的知识清单（看的中文版《投资大家芒格二》）
0 有用 未名骄阳 2009-09-01 16:56:13
投资大家芒格（二）
0 有用 魏shushushu 2013-02-18 09:56:24
有一些观点是之前读过的，但作者的思路很赞同。