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“Anybody who's ever been in a large organization realizes that 'optimizing' is not a word that would often be used to describe any large organization. The reason is that it's full of people, who are complicated.”

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There are cases when I can make myself better off by restricting my future choices and commit myself to a specific course of action.

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For amateur golfers, I think one of the biggest mistakes is to model their play on professionals.

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We all need a lot of humility, and especially about the economy.

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