May have to read this given how much of my professional life has dealt with forecasting and or dealing with the (obvious to me) unforeseen consequences of decisions
This sounds like a fascinating book; thanks for making me aware of it. Re: politicians not having good foresight, I constantly remind my high school students of Thomas Sowell's observation, "There are no solutions, only tradeoffs." EVERYTHING has some sort of cost, even if it's not initially apparent.
Very true. That’s one of the great lessons I learned from Sowell as well. So simple, yet so profound. Only math offers solutions; everything else is tradeoffs.
thanks for sharing! unfortunately we'll never be able to fully predict the future!!
Love the depth of insight about our thinking!
Absolutely! Thanks for reading!
May have to read this given how much of my professional life has dealt with forecasting and or dealing with the (obvious to me) unforeseen consequences of decisions
Could be very helpful. I found it utterly fascinating.
This sounds like a fascinating book; thanks for making me aware of it. Re: politicians not having good foresight, I constantly remind my high school students of Thomas Sowell's observation, "There are no solutions, only tradeoffs." EVERYTHING has some sort of cost, even if it's not initially apparent.
Very true. That’s one of the great lessons I learned from Sowell as well. So simple, yet so profound. Only math offers solutions; everything else is tradeoffs.
LOL. That’s hilarious.