Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

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Good Job!

By Ben Hunt | March 1, 2018

This is Part 11 of Ben’s Notes from the Field series. I don’t need to calculate a Sortino ratio to know if my dogs are doing a Good Job. Same with active investment management. Same with active citizenship. It’s all about embracing Convexity, not as a mathematical Cartoon, but as a philosophy.

The Icarus Moment

By Ben Hunt | March 21, 2018

We live in a Cartoon Age, an era not of alienation per Karl Marx, but of alienation per Groucho Marx. What’s the cause, what’s the future, and what do we do about all this? It’s a TL;DR cri de coeur in Part 12 of Epsilon Theory’s Notes from the Field series.

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

By Ben Hunt | May 22, 2018

Part 13 of the Notes from the Field series discusses The Narrative Machine, which can help us see the invisible memes that drive our political behaviors. Because you’re smart enough to make up your own damn mind.

A Song of Ice and Fire

By Ben Hunt | May 27, 2019

We are the human animal.

We are non-linear.

We ARE a song of ice and fire.

It’s a song that has built cathedrals and fed billions and taken us to the moon. It’s a song that can do all of that and more … far, far more … if only we remember the tune.

The Pack remembers.

Rust and Blight

By Rusty Guinn | September 11, 2019

In an orchard, it isn’t always easy to tell the difference between rust and blight. The same goes for our cultural institutions.

Some should be pruned.

Some should be ripped up root and stem.

It’s not always easy to know which. But if we want our sons and daughters to sit in the shade of our trees, we must learn.