Money lessons from some wise priests: time and patience
The priests were up against several unknown variables, but they were able to work with precision
08 December 2019 - 06:55
I’m not alone in having recently been gripped by the ideas of Yuval Harari (author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, among other books). Harari gives a fascinating account of the birth of statistics when the Scottish Widows insurance company was started more than 200 years ago.
Here it is in a nutshell...
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