The worst takes come from people who only talk to people exactly like them.
You see this everywhere in finance and investing — someone surrounds themselves with the same 12 people at the same conferences, reads the same substacks, follows the same 50 accounts, and suddenly they think they've figured out the world.
But they haven't. They've just created an echo chamber where everyone agrees on the same narratives, the same risks, the same opportunities. And when reality doesn't match the consensus view of their tiny bubble, they're shocked.
This is how you get entire funds blindsided by obvious risks. This is how you get people confidently predicting things that make zero sense to anyone outside their circle.
Diversity of perspective isn't some HR talking point — it's an actual edge. Talk to people who disagree with you. Read stuff that annoys you. Get outside your bubble.
Otherwise you're just trading with a blindfold on, convinced you can see perfectly because everyone around you says so.
You see this everywhere in finance and investing — someone surrounds themselves with the same 12 people at the same conferences, reads the same substacks, follows the same 50 accounts, and suddenly they think they've figured out the world.
But they haven't. They've just created an echo chamber where everyone agrees on the same narratives, the same risks, the same opportunities. And when reality doesn't match the consensus view of their tiny bubble, they're shocked.
This is how you get entire funds blindsided by obvious risks. This is how you get people confidently predicting things that make zero sense to anyone outside their circle.
Diversity of perspective isn't some HR talking point — it's an actual edge. Talk to people who disagree with you. Read stuff that annoys you. Get outside your bubble.
Otherwise you're just trading with a blindfold on, convinced you can see perfectly because everyone around you says so.