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I've always believed that nothing is worth an infinite price. So even an admirable place like Costco could get to a price where you would say that's too high." "I can't bring myself — with my habits — to pay these big prices, but I never even think about selling a share of Costco just because it's selling at a high price." "I think it's going to be a big, powerful company as far ahead as you can see." "I wish everything else in America was working as well as Costco does. Think what a blessing that would be for us all."

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Q: What happened 1973 and 1974 when your investment firm lost over half?

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From 2000 to 2006, US housing prices surged by 54% after inflation, exceeding the total gains of the previous 50 years combined.

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160+ golf courses were built in Japan between 1989 and 1991. There were another 1,200 under construction or in the approval process that never got completed once the bubble burst

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At peak on Dec 29, 1989, Japan stock market is the largest in the world, accounting for 40% to 45% of total market cap in the world

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The Mauritshuis: The most beautiful museum in The Hague

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When Warren Buffett started his early partnership, he had ~$170k savings (roughly $1.5m to $2m in today’s money) , the initial investment capital was ~$105k (roughly $1m in today’s money) raised from family

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

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Long Humans

Mozart was the greatest musical talent maybe that ever lived... so what was his life like? Well, he was bitterly unhappy and he died young... What the hell did Mozart do to screw it up?"

Save like a pessimist. Invest like an optimist.

Q: What happened 1973 and 1974 when your investment firm lost over half?

Never underestimate the man who overestimates himself. These weird guys who overestimate themselves occasionally knock it right out of the park.

Making $1 million a year looks great until this guy who sits next to you, who can't possibly be as smart as you, is making $1 million, too. Then the whole world turns into a very unfair place

A HashiCorp investor did a classy thing to make the founder whole

If you don’t know what to pursue right now, pursue yourself. Pursue becoming the healthiest, the happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself. Then the right path will reveal itself.

Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

We consume 63% more oil in 2026 than in 1980, but our reserves are 157% more

Global M2 ≈ $120 trillion. Average per person ≈ $15,000

Total US M2 in 1971 was ~$0.65t, and was $22.8t in June 2026, an increase of 35x, or 6.7% annually, or doubles every 10.7 years

There is only one success in life and that is to be able to spend your life your own way

From 2000 to 2006, US housing prices surged by 54% after inflation, exceeding the total gains of the previous 50 years combined.

Japan stock market peaked in 1989 and bottomed in early 2019 - 20 years after the peak!

160+ golf courses were built in Japan between 1989 and 1991. There were another 1,200 under construction or in the approval process that never got completed once the bubble burst

By 1990, the total Japanese property market was valued at ~4x the real estate value of the entire USA

After internet bubble crashed, Nasdaq lost 78% and it took ~12.5 years to recover from low to previous peak

US market annual returns between 1995 and 1999: 37%, 23%, 33%, 28%, and 21%

At peak on Dec 29, 1989, Japan stock market is the largest in the world, accounting for 40% to 45% of total market cap in the world

Japan is home to 33,000+ 100-plus-yr old businesses; 3,100+ have 200+ yrs; 140+ have 500+ yrs

Nothing obscures your financial judgement on investments more than the sight of your neighbor getting rich

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The Mauritshuis: The most beautiful museum in The Hague

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When Warren Buffett started his early partnership, he had ~$170k savings (roughly $1.5m to $2m in today’s money) , the initial investment capital was ~$105k (roughly $1m in today’s money) raised from family

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

If You are Asking for Human Attention, Demonstrate Human Effort | Tom Bedor's Blog

Building self-improving tax agents with Codex | OpenAI

Long Humans

Mozart was the greatest musical talent maybe that ever lived... so what was his life like? Well, he was bitterly unhappy and he died young... What the hell did Mozart do to screw it up?"

Save like a pessimist. Invest like an optimist.

Q: What happened 1973 and 1974 when your investment firm lost over half?

Never underestimate the man who overestimates himself. These weird guys who overestimate themselves occasionally knock it right out of the park.

Making $1 million a year looks great until this guy who sits next to you, who can't possibly be as smart as you, is making $1 million, too. Then the whole world turns into a very unfair place

A HashiCorp investor did a classy thing to make the founder whole

If you don’t know what to pursue right now, pursue yourself. Pursue becoming the healthiest, the happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself. Then the right path will reveal itself.

Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

We consume 63% more oil in 2026 than in 1980, but our reserves are 157% more

Global M2 ≈ $120 trillion. Average per person ≈ $15,000

Total US M2 in 1971 was ~$0.65t, and was $22.8t in June 2026, an increase of 35x, or 6.7% annually, or doubles every 10.7 years

There is only one success in life and that is to be able to spend your life your own way

From 2000 to 2006, US housing prices surged by 54% after inflation, exceeding the total gains of the previous 50 years combined.

Japan stock market peaked in 1989 and bottomed in early 2019 - 20 years after the peak!

160+ golf courses were built in Japan between 1989 and 1991. There were another 1,200 under construction or in the approval process that never got completed once the bubble burst

By 1990, the total Japanese property market was valued at ~4x the real estate value of the entire USA

After internet bubble crashed, Nasdaq lost 78% and it took ~12.5 years to recover from low to previous peak

US market annual returns between 1995 and 1999: 37%, 23%, 33%, 28%, and 21%

At peak on Dec 29, 1989, Japan stock market is the largest in the world, accounting for 40% to 45% of total market cap in the world

Japan is home to 33,000+ 100-plus-yr old businesses; 3,100+ have 200+ yrs; 140+ have 500+ yrs

Nothing obscures your financial judgement on investments more than the sight of your neighbor getting rich