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rhizome on July 28, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The world’s biggest hedge fund, run like a cult

Observations aren't the same thing as complaints.

buff-a on July 28, 2011 [–]

Using logical fallacies[1] to complain, and then claiming that those remarks were merely "observations" is a hallmark of egos.

  [1] http://www.fallacyfiles.org/guiltbya.html

rhizome on July 28, 2011 | [–]

Are opinions hallmarks of egos as well?

cakeface on July 28, 2011 | | [–]

I think one of Dalio's principles answers that.

"Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion."

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