1 Any decent political science PhD program will start with a course on the philosophy of science, after which you are pulled aside and the instructor whispers into your ear, “none of this applies to social science.” Of course, neither of these happen today.
Miss the substack :( Anyways, to add to your list of investors, Alex Karp ran an investment office (built from a $1m inheritance) while being a research associate at the Sigmund Freud Institute and after doing a PhD at Goethe Univ
Not to mention Roberto Mignone of Bridger Capital, who studied classics at Harv and drew a comparison between striving for encompassing knowledge of classical texts and in-depth research on companies
Lastly, Philip Fisher was known to translate Latin and Greek texts in his spare time
Source for above: Katherine Burton's Hedge Masters (Bloomberg Press)
Thanks, these are excellent examples. (One day I'll get back to writing a weekly post, but other priorities have prohibited it --- or perhaps I'm just too lazy)
Miss the substack :( Anyways, to add to your list of investors, Alex Karp ran an investment office (built from a $1m inheritance) while being a research associate at the Sigmund Freud Institute and after doing a PhD at Goethe Univ
Not to mention Roberto Mignone of Bridger Capital, who studied classics at Harv and drew a comparison between striving for encompassing knowledge of classical texts and in-depth research on companies
Lastly, Philip Fisher was known to translate Latin and Greek texts in his spare time
Source for above: Katherine Burton's Hedge Masters (Bloomberg Press)
Thanks, these are excellent examples. (One day I'll get back to writing a weekly post, but other priorities have prohibited it --- or perhaps I'm just too lazy)