Annello: Most things people think they know are only understood superficially
Jeff Annello · Are we too busy to pay attention to life? · Mar 30, 2016 · at 12:01
Farnam Street writer Jeff Annello discusses Charlie Munger's distinction between superficial 'chauffeur knowledge' and true deep understanding ('Planck knowledge').
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“If you are an introspective person, you will realize, and I certainly did, that a lot of the things that you think you know, you only know at the chauffeur level, you don't know at the Max Planck level.”
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