Such guidelines might be instinctive (a long line at a restaurant probably means business is good) or societally reinforced (it’s a good idea to stretch your budget when buying a house), but in either case, they are sometimes misleading.


“We are already seeing car insurance premiums linked to tracking devices in cars, and health insurance coverage that depends on people wearing a fitness tracking device. When surveillance is used to determine things that hold sway over important aspects of life, such as insurance coverage or employment, it starts to appear less benign. Moreover, data analysis can reveal surprisingly intrusive things: for example, the movement sensor in a smartwatch or fitness tracker can be used to work out what you are typing (for example, passwords) with fairly good accuracy [98]. And algorithms for analysis are only going to get better.”
― Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
― Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

“Invariably, the hottest stocks or funds in one period are the worst performers in the next.”
― A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
― A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
“We can adapt to this stress with adequate aerobic function, and when we allow sufficient time for recovery, which, for most people means a maximum of one or two hard training efforts a week.”
― The MAF Method: A Personalized Approach to Health and Fitness
― The MAF Method: A Personalized Approach to Health and Fitness

“Any investment that has become a topic of widespread conversation is likely to be hazardous to your wealth. It was true of gold in the early 1980s and Japanese real estate and stocks in the late 1980s. It was true of Internet-related stocks in the late 1990s and condominiums in California, Nevada, and Florida in the first decade of the 2000s, as well as bitcoin in 2017.”
― A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
― A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
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