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complexity Investing：From Brian Arthur to James Anderson title: “Complexity Investing: From Brian Arthur to James Anderson” date: 2026-03-14 keywords: [“Complexity Investing”, “Brian Arthur”, “James Anderson”, “Increasing Returns”, “Emergence”, “Edge of Chaos”, “SFI”] draft: false Complexity Investing: From Brian Arthur to James Anderson “The world is not a clockwork mechanism, but a tropical rainforest.” In this post, I will share my reflections on Complexity Investing. In the quietude of our lives, we observe a world evolving non-linearly. As practiced by James Anderson, true value often lies hidden within those great enterprises that possess the potential for “increasing returns.” Core Linkage: Translating Complexity Science into Investment Logic

Why our goals are best acheived indirectly In the context of John Kay’s book, the most accurate and sophisticated term for is: Obliquity Derived from geometry (meaning an angle that is not a right angle), Kay uses it to describe the phenomenon where complex goals are best achieved indirectly. Key Vocabulary & Phrasings Indirect Pursuit: The core concept that goals like happiness or profit are results of other activities, not targets to be aimed at directly.

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Emergence

Complex System A typical complex system is composed of countless individual components or agents. When clustered together, they exhibit collective properties that are typically not present in the individual components themselves, nor can they be easily predicted from them. For instance, you are far more than a mere collection of the cells that make up your body; similarly, your cells are far more than the collection of molecules that compose them. What you perceive as “yourself”—your consciousness, your personality, your character—is the collective manifestation of countless interactions between neurons and synapses in your brain. These elements constantly interact with other cells in your body, which in turn form semi-autonomous organs like the heart or the liver. Furthermore, all of these parts interact continuously with the external environment to varying degrees.

I believe that the greatest long-range investment profits are never obtained by investing in marginal companies.” Phil Fisher 1958 “A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price.” Charlie Munger “We’ve really made the money out of high quality businesses. In some cases, we bought the whole business. And in some cases, we just bought a big block of stock. But when you analyze what happened, the big money’s been made in the high quality businesses. And most of the other people who’ve made a lot of money have done so in high quality businesses.” Charlie Munger

James Madison James Madison on The Federalist Papers, No 10 Faction James Madison “Reconciling differences over government action is a fundamental challenge of politics. James Madison, who played a leading role in drafting the Constitution and to whom this book will repeatedly turn for guidance, offered one of the most memorable and enlightening discussions on this subject in The Federalist No. 10. Defending the new Constitution to delegates at state ratifying conventions who were deciding whether to approve it, he explained that the new government must represent and reconcile many different preferences in society that are ‘sown in the nature of man’:

Concept 1: Compound Interest — “The Snowball Effect” Opening for Kids: “Imagine you have a tiny snowball in your hands. If you roll it once in the snow, it gets a little bigger. But if you keep rolling it and never stop, it eventually becomes bigger than you! Compounding is the ‘magic’ that makes things grow automatically.” 1. How does it work? Normal addition is: $1 + 1 + 1 = 3$. Compounding is: The money you earn helps you earn even more money.