William Ofosu

[William Ofosu @wofosu]

@wenanawe What’s wrong with a 3.5% margin?

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Robots doing parkour to improve mobility, perception logic and human-like athletic intelligence.

The application of AI powered smart robotics will impact all industries.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

How dictators get rid of coronavirus
https://t.co/wI1iHJG7yd

[John Gillott @gillott_john]

@MattGarrahan @paullewismoney Years ago I was behind an old lady in the queue to pay. Four bottles of whisky and four tins of salmon. That's an interesting diet, I said. Her reply: "the salmon's for the cat"

[Phil Bak @philbak1]

Unconfirmed reports that a robo advisor has jumped off the roof of the stock exchange

[Ronna McDaniel @RonnaMcDaniel]

Happy Birthday, 43!

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

That’s because experienced thinkers can get stuck in their old ways. If you’ve got a good ear, you will be able to tell when an inexperienced person is reasoning well. Like knowing whether someone can sing, it doesn’t take a lot of time.

[Tesla @Tesla]

Introducing Dog Mode: set a cabin temperature to keep your dog comfortable while letting passersby know they don't need to worry

[Bill Gates @BillGates]

.@PMEthiopia Abiy Ahmed is a champion for diversity and gender equality. I enjoyed talking with him while in Addis Ababa.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

.@Google was the 21st search engine to enter the market in 1998.

Lesson: Know your competition, but don't copy it.

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

"The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts--the less you know, the hotter you get."
~Bertrand Russell

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

1/ Successful Active Investors Generally Ignore Forecasts and Predictions.

“I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the more concerned you should be.”
~Warren Buffett

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

“I’m addicted to placebos, I’d give them up, but it wouldn’t make any difference.”
~Steven Wright

[William Ofosu @wofosu]

@TheRealLZK He’s the best

[Wayne Himelsein @WayneHimelsein]

The foundation of modern finance stands on 3 major assumptions - all wrong:

1.Investors are rational
2.Price changes are Gaussian
3.Price changes are independent

The reality: irrational/behavioral, fat-tailed, autocorrelated.

Finance needs rebuilding from the ground up.

[M-XR @m_xrstudio]

Believe it or not this shoe is AR! Great work from our team; our unique capture method allows for photo-realistic 3D objects that react to environment lighting accurately. #madewithunity #unity3d #arcore #arkit #augmentedreality #nike @madewithunity

[William Ofosu @wofosu]

@wenanawe Come on; sanctions!?
Had very little to do with the meltdown

[Howard Marks @HowardMarksBook]

#Investment success is hard to replicate because it can be cyclical rather than serial. One success may make a second one less probable. As Henry Kaufman put it, “There are two kinds of people who lose a lot of money: those who know nothing and those who know everything.” –HM

[Bill Gates @BillGates]

Scientists announced last week that they have finally cracked the wheat genome. This is incredibly exciting news — and could have a positive impact on global food security: https://t.co/q3bM824h0q

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

We need to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed and discussed. It's OK to say, "I don't know."