The School of Knowledge

The 2,000-Year-Old Philosophy Hidden Inside Amazon's Leadership Principles

Amazon's Leadership Principles aren't just corporate culture—they're ancient Stoic philosophy. See how Bezos encoded Seneca into a $2.9 trillion…

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Why Google Couldn't Beat Facebook—And What It Teaches Us About Network Economies

Why Meta's 3.5 billion users make It almost impossible to compete with

Mar 4 • The School of Knowledge

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February 2026

Why Intel Can't Beat TSMC (And What It Reveals About Every Business

Hamilton Helmer's Scale Economies unpacked with TSMC case study, Surplus Leader Margin formula, and a 3-question diagnostic to identify real competitive…

Feb 25 • The School of Knowledge

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Why Value Creation Alone Isn't a MOAT (yet)

An introduction to the 7 Powers

Feb 17 • The School of Knowledge

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The Weekly: 9/2/2026

Japanese proverbs on perspective, organising digital notes and getting started with NotebookLM

Feb 9 • The School of Knowledge

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How to Read an Income Statement

Warren Buffett was infamous for stating that he spent most of his day sat around reading biographies, select newspapers, and company reports.

Feb 8 • The School of Knowledge

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January 2026

19 Thinking Tools For Making Better Decisions

Concepts, mental models & frameworks i've found interesting

Jan 11 • The School of Knowledge

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The Next Chapter

What the future holds for The School of Knowledge

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December 2025

Navigating the Capital Cycle: Working Templates for Long-Term Investors and Business Owners

Understanding the behavioural traps that lead to booms and busts

Dec 14, 2025 • The School of Knowledge

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Why Great Returns Attract Terrible Capital

A parable about market cycles, vulture investors, and the holiday armadillo

Dec 7, 2025 • The School of Knowledge

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November 2025

Understanding Retained Earnings, Opportunity Cost and Net Present Value (NPV)

A capital allocation framework

Nov 16, 2025 • The School of Knowledge

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Lessons on Capital Allocation from Reading "The Outsiders"

Exhausted from treatment at the Chestnut Lodge psychiatric facility, Philip Graham had convinced the hospital doctors to allow him and his wife…

Nov 9, 2025 • The School of Knowledge

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