Public Lecture, Wednesday, May 10

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Public Lecture, Wednesday, May 10

Owen Densmore
Administrator
SFI's next public lecture sounds interesting:

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> From: Della Ulibarri <dlu at santafe.edu>
> Date: May 4, 2006 8:24:19 AM MDT
> To: activities-announce at santafe.edu, inhouse at cyprus.santafe.edu
> Subject: [Activities-announce] Public Lecture, Wednesday, May 10
>
> Wednesday, May 10, 2006
> 7:30 PM at the James A Little Theater
>
> Michael Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist, Legg Mason Capital  
> Management
>
> with John H. Miller, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University and  
> Santa Fe Institute
>
> More than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
>
> Special book signing of More than You Know: Finding Financial  
> Wisdom in Unconventional Places, courtesy of Garcia Street Books
>
> Because most occupations encourage a degree of specialization, most  
> of us end up with pretty narrow slices of knowledge.  For example,  
> many economists base their models on rational investors or normal  
> distributions without looking at how the world really works.  The  
> core premise of this talk is simple to state but devilishly  
> difficult to live: you will be a better investor, parent, friend?
> person?if you approach problems from a multidisciplinary  
> perspective.  Mauboussin will discuss how lessons from Babe Ruth,  
> Tupperware parties, the Wright Brothers, and ant colonies can make  
> you a better decision maker.
>
>
> http://www.santafe.edu/events/abstract/398
>
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