Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity, and Living a Good Life by Morgan Housel

BATB score: 8/10 🖤

Best to: it was very close to being very good book yet the 23 concepts were just all over the place; unlike Morgan Housel’s previous BATB 10/10 “Psychology of Money” book that was just about money #duh

Best as: back in 1950s, we all were poorer but happier than today and that’s because there was no wealth gap, no one is better off, nothing to envy

Best for: I believe many other book review pages would give this book a 10/10 so to avoid FOMO, read it

BATB lingering thought: Morgan Housel quotes other books every other page, so you can kind of tell what he has been reading; quite aligned with BATB’s library 💯📚

Best quotes: “If you know where we’ve been, you realize we have no idea where we’re going.”

“If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”

“You compare yourself to your peers through a curated highlight reel of their lives, where positives are embellished and negatives are hidden from view.”

“Great ideas explained poorly can go nowhere, while old or wrong ideas told compellingly can ignite a revolution.”

“The valuation of every company is simply a number from today multiplied by a story about tomorrow.”

“Humor is a way to show you’re smart without bragging.”

“You can only be an optimist in the long run if you’re pessimistic enough to survive the short run.”

“It’s easiest to convince people that you’re special if they don’t know you well enough to see all the ways you’re not.”

“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”