Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2024-01-16
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Daryl Morey: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best
Daryl Morey - Systems Thinking in Sports - [Invest Like the Best, REPLAY]
This week, we are running a replay of my conversation with Daryl Morey from last year. Daryl is the President of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Daryl Morey discussed Moneyball by Michael Lewis and Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Moneyball
Discussed“It's not just find undervalued asset, which is famously Moneyball and written by Michael Lewis.”
Where to get it
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Discussed“To your point, humans are pretty bad at decisions. I'm pretty confident in that, including you have to put the mirror to yourself and realize your own biases. And those are famous we've even written about in Thinking Fast and Slow and a lot of different books.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Moneyball
“He's been so influential that his style has earned its own name, Morey Ball, a nod to Michael Lewis' book about baseball, Moneyball.”
Passing The making of the atomic bomb
“And then Oppenheimer, you know, I know there's a movie coming out now, but I read the history of the making of the atomic bomb and his ability to mobilize things that are almost unmobilizable.”