Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 6th/7th January 2024
Superlinear Returns by Paul Graham
“Teachers and coaches implicitly told us the returns were linear. "You get out," I heard a thousand times, "what you put in." They meant well, but this is rarely true. If your product is only half as good as your competitor's, you don't get half as many customers. You get no customers, and you go out of business…”
Algorithms are deciding who gets organ transplants. Are their decisions fair? by Madhumita Murgia
“Over the years, the two women have researched experimental new treatments for cystic fibrosis, advocated in Parliament to have them approved in the UK and, when they were, campaigned for the NHS to offer the drugs to patients like Sarah…”
Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger dies aged 99 by Eric Platt
“Berkshire has spent more than a decade preparing for this moment and the day that Buffett, 93, hands over the reins. It was Munger who accidentally revealed that Greg Abel, who had risen through Berkshire’s energy business and is now vice-chair of its sprawling non-insurance unit, would one day succeed the pair.…”
Upcoming meals with 9others
Wednesday 31st January — London — details and signup here.