Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calls religion.
Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.
Trend-following is not such a good model. It’s simply eroded. Things change and being able to adjust is what made Mr. Simons so successful. “Statistic predictor signals erode over the next several years; it can be five years or 10 years. You have to keep coming up with new things because the market is against us. If you don’t keep getting better, you’re going to do worse.
Success is nothing if you don’t have the right people to share it with.
Small changes can have big effects when they help people break out of the poverty trap.