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  1. Investing · 1 min read

    Build a thesis you can challenge

    Understand how a business creates value, then identify the evidence that could change your mind.

  2. Applied AI · 1 min read

    Give AI a job, not a wish list

    Evaluate a tool against a real task, including the time it takes to check and repair its output.

In Chinese

These essays are written in Chinese. Their titles and summaries are translated here.

  1. Creative work · 7 min read

    The nature of consumption 中文

    Change the label on the same bottle of wine, and it tastes different. For anyone who sells a service, everything before delivery is the evidence a client uses to judge you.

    消费的本质

  2. Investing · 6 min read

    Investing requires thinking one level up 中文

    The people who bought PetroChina in 2007 and Moutai in 2014 were not answering the same question when they placed their orders. Look one level higher at a time: time, probability, structure, where returns come from, and yourself.

    投资一定要有升维思维

  3. Investing · 3 min read

    How a person’s understanding of value grows 中文

    Some judgments show how much you understand only after you have used them in your own life. A single choice of apartment shows how experience fills in the costs you left out.

    一个人对价值的理解,是怎样长出来的

  4. Investing · 3 min read

    Respect the bubble 中文

    Between judging that valuations are too high and judging when prices will fall lie shifts in capital, interests, and expectations. An industry that adjusts on its own makes short sellers pay for the wait.

    尊重泡沫

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