High-Level Thinking Quotes

I just try to stuff my brain with everything that I can read on what is going on in science at a very high level, and sometimes I see connections of what might need to be done.

To play chess on a truly high level requires a constant stream of exact, informed decisions, made in real time and under pressure from your opponent. What's more, it requires a synthesis of some very different virtues, all of which are necessary to good decisions: calculatioñ, creativity and a desire for results. If you ask a Grandmaster, an artist and a computer scientist what makes a good chess player, you'll get a glimpse of these different strengths in action.

I'm not into this detail stuff. I'm more concepty.

If trading is like chess, then macro is like three-dimensional chess.

I'm into hiring smart guys; I'm into hiring guys who can think at a higher level, that can offer ideas.

I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics.

Simple things don't interest me.

You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance — as opposed to her ideas or actions — isn't doing anyone any favors, least of all you. Insulting a woman's looks when they have nothing to do with the issue at hand implies a lack of comprehension on your part, an inability to engage in high-level thinking. You may think she's ugly, but everyone else thinks you're an idiot.

Don't dumb it down. The audience is smart and gets what you are doing.