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In this wide-ranging episode, Tom Walker talks about the damage that the accepted wisdom of numbers and markets cause - also, the running theme of independent thinking in the face of overwhelming pressures of conformity and so-called expertise.
In this wide-ranging discussion we cover familiar themes of expertise vs. knowledge, surprising escapes, and self-doubt in the face of resistance plus tangents on books, hero-stories, and music.
Does knowing about business have anything to do with starting and running a business?
Exploring the unlikely, true story of a sales rep starting a steel foundry in the late 70s, a time of the over-reported end of smokestack America and high interest rates.
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