Lucky Maverick

Knowledge, Understanding, and Quarterbacks

The only path to true understanding is through falsifiable predictions.

Jul 21 • 

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How (Not) to Become an Entrepreneur

Learn from my failures. Keep firing lots of shots, quit fast when things don’t work, pour fuel on the winners, and remember that every mistake is an…

Jul 16 • 

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Arbitrage Betting, Chinese Businessmen & Real-Life Freerolls

When the downsides are very minimal or zero, you should be more concerned with taking lots of chances–running lots of “experiments”–than being “right…

Jul 15 • 

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September 2023

The Secret to Success: Mimic Evolution

Why Nietzsche and Taleb have it right: we should learn from and mimic natural selection.

Sep 14, 2023 • 

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March 2023

The Eight Most Impactful Concepts That Changed My Life (And 30 Other Important Ideas)

About Lucky Maverick

Mar 17, 2023 • 

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April 2021

The Time I Sold Furbies for Money (Audio)

Or, more appropriately, why you should gamble to get better at estimating probabilities

Apr 14, 2021 • 

Jonathan Bales

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The Time I Sold Furbies for Money

Or, more appropriately, why you should gamble to get better at estimating probabilities

Apr 2, 2021 • 

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February 2021

The Key to Being Contrarian: Think Like a Kid

About Lucky Maverick

Feb 10, 2021 • 

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January 2021

You've Been Kidnapped

About Lucky Maverick

Jan 29, 2021 • 

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If You Ain't First, You're Last

About Lucky Maverick

Jan 27, 2021 • 

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I Spent $35,000 on a Video You Can Find All Over the Internet: Here's Why (Audio)

About Lucky Maverick

Jan 19, 2021 • 

Jonathan Bales

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I Spent $35,000 on a Video You Can Find All Over the Internet: Here's Why

Why I'm investing in NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and believe the future of collecting is digital

Jan 15, 2021 • 

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