Warren Buffett is looking for a successor.
"We need someone genetically programmed," he specifies, "to avoid serious risks, including those never before encountered." Other talents he will be looking for, he says, are "independent thinking, emotional stability, and a keen understanding of both human and institutional behavior."
I am not that guy. Among other things, some people could make a good case against my emotional stability. Also -- and this is not on his short list but I assure you it is germane -- despite repeated attempts, I do not seem to apprehend financial know-how.
However, I'd like to be that guy. The guy who gets to shadow Warren Buffett and watch him and learn what he knows. Not just what he writes or says, but what he knows? Hell, I'd pay for that.
But maybe Warren would want to talk this guy, who won the lottery and didn't implode. There's hope, okay? Nobody panic. There's hope yet that we won't all throw ourselves screaming into the Sun.
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