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Science, Technology, and Nature

2026-09-14T06:04:58Z

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=== Nature ===
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{{Card|Weather Systems|icon=⛈️|desc=The core weather systems that affect climate on the planet}}
{{Card|Biomes|icon=🌿|desc=Global mapping of the major biomes such as the Savannas, Tundra, etc}}
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Science, Technology, and Nature

2026-09-14T06:04:43Z

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Weather Systems

2026-09-14T05:33:01Z

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{{LinkEntry|Indian Ocean Dipole}}
{{LinkEntry|North Atlantic Oscillation}}
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Science, Technology, and Nature

2026-09-14T05:31:13Z

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=== Nature ===
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Stories of Fraud

2026-09-14T05:22:58Z

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{{LinkEntry|Ivar Kreuger|The story of the Swedish Match Company}}
{{LinkEntry|Enron}}
{{LinkEntry|WorldCom}}
{{LinkEntry|Bernie Madoff}}
{{LinkEntry|Satyam Computers}}

Stories of Fraud

2026-09-14T05:22:46Z

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{{LinkEntry|IvarKreuger|The story of the Swedish Match Company}}
{{LinkEntry|Enron}}
{{LinkEntry|WorldCom}}
{{LinkEntry|Bernie Madoff}}
{{LinkEntry|Satyam Computers}}

Stories of Fraud

2026-09-14T05:22:37Z

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{{LinkEntry|IvarKreuger|The story of the Swedish Match Company}}
{{LinkEntry|Enron}}
{{LinkEntry|WorldCom}}
{{LinkEntry|Bernie Madoff}}
{{LinkEntry|SatyamComputers}}

Business, Finance, and Investing

2026-09-14T05:14:09Z

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=== Investing ===
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{{Card|Lessons from investors|icon=💡|desc=Lessons from the greatest investors and traders}}
{{Card|Modern Bubbles and Crashes|icon=📉|desc=History of the biggest bubbles and crashes in modern times}}
{{Card|Stories of Fraud|icon=🎭|desc=The story of capital markets is the story of fraud}}
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Jesse Livermore

2026-09-14T05:12:41Z

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=== Big Ideas ===
* '''It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!''': This is not the idea of "buy-and-hold". It is the idea of waiting for the exact right setup and time, before pulling the trigger.

Lessons from investors

2026-09-14T05:10:32Z

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{{Card|Peter Lynch}}
{{Card|Seth Klarman}}
{{Card|Charlie Munger}}
{{Card|Howard Marks}}
{{Card|George Soros}}
{{Card|Jesse Livermore}}
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Modern Bubbles and Crashes

2026-09-14T05:09:52Z

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There are the modern market booms and crashes. This is separate from economic crises and events, that we record separately.

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{{LinkEntry|The Go-Go years of the 1960s}}
{{LinkEntry|Crash of 1987}}
{{LinkEntry|Harshad Mehta Boom and Bust}}
{{LinkEntry|Dot-com crash of 2001}}
{{LinkEntry|Global Financial Crisis 2008}}

Business, Finance, and Investing

2026-09-14T05:05:23Z

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{{Card|Lessons from investors|icon=💡|desc=Lessons from the greatest investors and traders}}
{{Card|Modern Bubbles and Crashes|icon=📉|desc=History of the biggest bubbles and crashes in modern times}}
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Business, Finance, and Investing

2026-09-14T05:04:52Z

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George Soros

2026-09-14T04:45:52Z

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=== Big Ideas ===
* '''Reflexivity''': Not only does business/macroeconomics reality affect financial markets, the financial markets in turn end up affecting macroeconomy and business reality. This is the source of the massive positive feedback cycle in markets.

=== Lore ===
The best-known story about Soros is when he broke the Bank of England (the British Pound). The actual events of the trade are pretty well-known. But the lesson to learn from it is best told by [[Stanley Druckenmiller]], who was managing Soros' Quantum Fund at the time.

<blockquote>
...when I went over to work for George...I thought what I would learn would be like what makes the yen goes up, what makes the deutsche
mark move, what makes this, and to my really big surprise, I was as proficient as he was, maybe more so, in predicting trends.

That's not what I learned from George Soros, but '''I learned something incredibly valuable, and that is when you see it, to bet big'''....

...

Probably nothing explains our relationship and what I've learned from him more than the British pound. So, in 1992 in August of that year my housing analyst in Britain called me up and basically said that Britain looked like they were going into a recession because the interest rate increases they were experiencing were causing a downturn in housing. At the same time, if you remember, Germany. the wall had fallen in '89 and they had reunited with East Germany, and because they'd had this disastrous experience with inflation back in the ’20s, they were obsessed when the deutsche mark and the ... combined, that they would not have another inflationary experience. So, the Bundesbank, which was getting growth from the ... and had a history of worrying about inflation, was raising
rates like crazy. That all sounds normal except the deutsche mark and the British pound were linked. And you cannot have two currencies where one economic outlook is going like this way and the other outlook is going that way. So, in August of '92 there was 7 billion in Quantum. I put a billion and a half, short the British pound... ...based on the thesis I just gave you. So, fast-forward September, next month. I wake up one morning and the head of the Bundesbank, Helmut Schlesinger, has given an editorial in the Financial Times, and I'll skip all the flowers. It basically said the British pound is crap and we don't want to be united with this currency. So, I thought well, this is my opportunity. So, I decided I’m going to bet like Soros bets on the British pound against the
deutsche mark.

'''It just so happens he's in the office. He's usually in Eastern Europe at this time doing his thing. So, I go in at 4:00 and I said, “George, I'm going to sell $5.5 billion worth of British pounds tonight and buy deutsche marks. Here's why I'm doing it, that means we'll have 100 percent of the fund in this one trade." And as I'm talking, he starts wincing like what is wrong with this kid, and I think he's about to blow away my thesis and he says, "That is the most ridiculous use of money management I ever heard. What you described is an incredible one-way bet. We should have 200 percent of our net worth in this trade, not 100 percent. Do you know how often something like this comes around? Like one or 20 years. What is wrong with you?"''' So, we started shorting the British pound that night. We didn't get the whole 15 billion on, but we got enough that I'm sure some people in the room have read about it in the financial press.
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George Soros

2026-09-14T04:45:02Z

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{{HalfFormedThoughts}}

=== Big Ideas ===
* '''Reflexivity''': Not only does business/macroeconomics reality affect financial markets, the financial markets in turn end up affecting macroeconomy and business reality. This is the source of the massive positive feedback cycle in markets.

=== Lore ===
The best-known story about Soros is when he broke the Bank of England (the British Pound). The actual events of the trade are pretty well-known. But the lesson to learn from it is best told by [[Stanley Druckenmiller]], who was managing Soros' Quantum Fund at the time.

<blockquote>
...when I went over to work for George...I thought what I would learn would be like what makes the yen goes up, what makes the deutsche
mark move, what makes this, and to my really big surprise, I was as proficient as he was, maybe more so, in predicting trends.

That's not what I learned from George Soros, but '''I learned something incredibly valuable, and that is when you see it, to bet big'''....

...

Probably nothing explains our relationship and what I've learned from him more than the British pound. So, in 1992 in August of that year my housing analyst in Britain called me up and basically said that Britain looked like they were going into a recession because the interest rate increases they were experiencing were causing a downturn in housing. At the same time, if you remember, Germany. the wall had fallen in '89 and they had reunited with East Germany, and because they'd had this disastrous experience with inflation back in the ’20s, they were obsessed when the deutsche mark and the ... combined, that they would not have another inflationary experience. So, the Bundesbank, which was getting growth from the ... and had a history of worrying about inflation, was raising
rates like crazy. That all sounds normal except the deutsche mark and the British pound were linked. And you cannot have two currencies where one economic outlook is going like this way and the other outlook is going that way. So, in August of '92 there was 7 billion in Quantum. I put a billion and a half, short the British pound... ...based on the thesis I just gave you. So, fast-forward September, next month. I wake up one morning and the head of the Bundesbank, Helmut Schlesinger, has given an editorial in the Financial Times, and I'll skip all the flowers. It basically said the British pound is crap and we don't want to be united with this currency. So, I thought well, this is my opportunity. So, I decided I’m going to bet like Soros bets on the British pound against the
deutsche mark.

'''It just so happens he's in the office. He's usually in Eastern Europe at this time doing his thing. So, I go in at 4:00 and I said, “George, I'm going to sell $5.5 billion worth of British pounds tonight and buy deutsche marks. Here's why I'm doing it, that means we'll have 100 percent of the fund in this one trade." And as I'm talking, he starts wincing like what is wrong with this kid, and I think he's about to blow away my thesis and he says, "That is the most ridiculous use of money management I ever heard. What you described is an incredible one-way bet. We should have 200 percent of our net worth in this trade, not 100 percent. Do you know how often something like this comes around? Like one or 20 years. What is wrong with you?"''' So, we started shorting the British pound that night. We didn't get the whole 15 billion on, but we got enough that I'm sure some people in the room have read about it in the financial press.
</blockquote>

George Soros

2026-09-14T04:44:45Z

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{{HalfFormedThoughts}}

=== Big Ideas ===
* '''Reflexivity''': Not only does business/macroeconomics reality affect financial markets, the financial markets in turn end up affecting macroeconomy and business reality. This is the source of the massive positive feedback cycle in markets.

=== Lore ===
The best-known story about Soros is when he broke the Bank of England (the British Pound). The actual events of the trade are pretty well-known. But the lesson to learn from it is best told by [[Stanley Druckenmiller]], who was managing Soros' Quantum Fund at the time.

<blockquote>
...when I went over to work for George...I thought what I would learn would be like what makes the yen goes up, what makes the deutsche
mark move, what makes this, and to my really big surprise, I was as proficient as he was, maybe more so, in predicting trends.

That's not what I learned from George Soros, but '''I learned something incredibly valuable, and that is when you see it, to bet big'''....

...

Probably nothing explains our relationship and what I've learned from him more than the British pound. So, in 1992 in August of that year my housing analyst in Britain called me up and basically said that Britain looked like they were going into a recession because the interest rate increases they were experiencing were causing a downturn in housing. At the same time, if you remember, Germany. the wall had fallen in '89 and they had reunited with East Germany, and because they'd had this disastrous experience with inflation back in the ’20s, they were obsessed when the deutsche mark and the ... combined, that they would not have another inflationary experience. So, the Bundesbank, which was getting growth from the ... and had a history of worrying about inflation, was raising
rates like crazy. That all sounds normal except the deutsche mark and the British pound were linked. And you cannot have two currencies where one economic outlook is going like this way and the other outlook is going that way. So, in August of '92 there was 7 billion in Quantum. I put a billion and a half, short the British pound... ...based on the thesis I just gave you. So, fast-forward September, next month. I wake up one morning and the head of the Bundesbank, Helmut Schlesinger, has given an editorial in the Financial Times, and I'll skip all the flowers. It basically said the British pound is crap and we don't want to be united with this currency. So, I thought well, this is my opportunity. So, I decided I’m going to bet like Soros bets on the British pound against the
deutsche mark.

''It just so happens he's in the office. He's usually in Eastern Europe at this time doing his thing. So, I go in at 4:00 and I said, “George, I'm going to sell $5.5 billion worth of British pounds tonight and buy deutsche marks. Here's why I'm doing it, that means we'll have 100 percent of the fund in this one trade." And as I'm talking, he starts wincing like what is wrong with this kid, and I think he's about to blow away my thesis and he says, "That is the most ridiculous use of money management I ever heard. What you described is an incredible one-way bet. We should have 200 percent of our net worth in this trade, not 100 percent. Do you know how often something like this comes around? Like one or 20 years. What is wrong with you?"'' So, we started shorting the British pound that night. We didn't get the whole 15 billion on, but we got enough that I'm sure some people in the room have read about it in the financial press.
</blockquote>

George Soros

2026-09-14T04:43:15Z

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{{HalfFormedThoughts}}

=== Big Ideas ===
* '''Reflexivity''': Not only does business/macroeconomics reality affect financial markets, the financial markets in turn end up affecting macroeconomy and business reality. This is the source of the massive positive feedback cycle in markets.

=== Lore ===
The best-known story about Soros is when he broke the Bank of England (the British Pound). The actual events of the trade are pretty well-known. But the lesson to learn from it is best told by [[Stanley Druckenmiller]], who was managing Soros' Quantum Fund at the time.

<blockquote>
...when I went over to work for George, my idea was I was going to get my PhD in macro portfolio manager and then leave in a couple years or get fired like the nine predecessors had. But it's funny because I went over there, I thought what I would learn would be like what makes the yen goes up, what makes the deutsche
mark move, what makes this, and to my really big surprise, I was as proficient as he was, maybe more so, in predicting trends.

That's not what I learned from George Soros, but I learned something incredibly valuable, and that is when you see it, to bet big. So what I had told you was already evolving, he totally cemented. I know we got a bunch of golfers in the room. For those who follow baseball, I had a higher batting average; Sores had a much bigger slugging percentage. When I took over Quantum, I was running Quantum and Duquesne. He was running his personal account, which was about the size of an institution back then, by the way, and he was focusing 90 percent of his time on philanthropy and not really working day to day. In fact a lot of the time he wasn't even around.

And I'd say 90 percent of the ideas he were [ph.] using came from me, and it was very insightful and I'm a competitive person, frankly embarrassing, that in his personal account working about 10 percent of the time he continued to beat Duquesne and Quantum while I was managing the money. And again it's because he was taking my ideas and he just had more guts. He was betting more money with my ideas than I was.

Probably nothing explains our relationship and what I've learned from him more than the British pound. So, in 1992 in August of that year my housing analyst in Britain called me up and basically said that Britain looked like they were going into a recession because the interest rate increases they were experiencing were causing a downturn in housing. At the same time, if you remember, Germany. the wall had fallen in '89 and they had reunited with East Germany, and because they'd had this disastrous experience with inflation back in the ’20s, they were obsessed when the deutsche mark and the ... combined, that they would not have another inflationary experience. So, the Bundesbank, which was getting growth from the ... and had a history of worrying about inflation, was raising
rates like crazy. That all sounds normal except the deutsche mark and the British pound were linked. And you cannot have two currencies where one economic outlook is going like this way and the other outlook is going that way. So, in August of '92 there was 7 billion in Quantum. I put a billion and a half, short the British pound... ...based on the thesis I just gave you. So, fast-forward September, next month. I wake up one morning and the head of the Bundesbank, Helmut Schlesinger, has given an editorial in the Financial Times, and I'll skip all the flowers. It basically said the British pound is crap and we don't want to be united with this currency. So, I thought well, this is my opportunity. So, I decided I’m going to bet like Soros bets on the British pound against the
deutsche mark.

''It just so happens he's in the office. He's usually in Eastern Europe at this time doing his thing. So, I go in at 4:00 and I said, “George, I'm going to sell $5.5 billion worth of British pounds tonight and buy deutsche marks. Here's why I'm doing it, that means we'll have 100 percent of the fund in this one trade." And as I'm talking, he starts wincing like what is wrong with this kid, and I think he's about to blow away my thesis and he says, "That is the most ridiculous use of money management I ever heard. What you described is an incredible one-way bet. We should have 200 percent of our net worth in this trade, not 100 percent. Do you know how often something like this comes around? Like one or 20 years. What is wrong with you?"'' So, we started shorting the British pound that night. We didn't get the whole 15 billion on, but we got enough that I'm sure some people in the room have read about it in the financial press.
</blockquote>

George Soros

2026-09-14T04:30:55Z

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Lessons from investors

2026-09-14T04:28:57Z

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{{Card|Howard Marks}}
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Lessons from investors

2026-09-14T04:27:41Z

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Psychology and Story-telling

2026-09-14T03:47:41Z

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=== Master Marketers ===
{{LinkEntry|Rory Sutherland}}
{{LinkEntry|David Ogilvy}}

Psychology and Story-telling

2026-09-14T03:47:28Z

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=== Master Marketers ===
{{LinkEntry|Rory Sutherland}}

Rory Sutherland

2026-09-14T03:46:06Z

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{{HalfFormedThoughts}}

=== Big Ideas ===
* '''There are two ways of making money. You can either make desirable things, or you can make things desirable.''' And there's not much you can do about the laws of physics. But the laws of psychology are magnificently malleable.

Peter Lynch

2026-09-14T03:24:20Z

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Talk:Peter Lynch

2026-09-14T03:23:31Z

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One of the best summarization of Peter Lynch's investment style and lessons is by Mayur Jain. His Peter Lynch playbook is an excellent resource. [https://mjbaldbard.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/the-peter-lynch-playbook.pdf The Peter Lynch playbook]

Talk:Peter Lynch

2026-09-14T03:23:20Z

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<span class="hwgh-card-overlay">[[{{{1}}}| ]]</span>{{#if:{{{image|}}}|<div style="width: 100%; height: 120px; background-image: url('{{filepath:{{{image}}}}}'); background-size: cover; background-position: center; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 10px;"></div>|{{#if:{{{icon|}}}|<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">{{{icon}}}</div>}}}}'''{{{1}}}'''{{#if:{{{desc|}}}|<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">{{{desc}}}</div>}}
</div><noinclude>
== Usage ==
<pre>
{{Card|Page Name}}
{{Card|Page Name|icon=🌾|desc=Short description of the page.}}
{{Card|Page Name|image=some-file.jpg|desc=Short description of the page.}}
</pre>
Requires a rule in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] — see template talk page.
</noinclude>

Template:Card

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Parijat:

<div style="border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08); overflow: hidden;">[[{{{1}}}|<div class="hwgh-card-link" style="padding: 18px; text-align: center;">{{#if:{{{image|}}}|<div style="width: 100%; height: 120px; background-image: url('{{filepath:{{{image}}}}}'); background-size: cover; background-position: center; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 10px;"></div>|{{#if:{{{icon|}}}|<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">{{{icon}}}</div>}}}}'''{{{1}}}'''{{#if:{{{desc|}}}|<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">{{{desc}}}</div>}}</div>]]</div><noinclude>
== Usage ==
<pre>
{{Card|Page Name}}
{{Card|Page Name|icon=🌾|desc=Short description of the page.}}
{{Card|Page Name|image=some-file.jpg|desc=Short description of the page.}}
</pre>
Requires a small CSS rule in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] to remove the default link underline/color from the card — see the template's talk page or ask before removing.
</noinclude>

Lessons from investors

2026-09-14T03:10:02Z

Parijat:

Template:Card

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Parijat:

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">{{#if:{{{image|}}}|[[File:{{{image}}}|220px|center]]|{{#if:{{{icon|}}}|<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">{{{icon}}}</div>}}}}'''[[{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]'''{{#if:{{{desc|}}}|<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">{{{desc}}}</div>}}</div><noinclude>
== Usage ==
<pre>
{{Card|Page Name}}
{{Card|Page Name|icon=🌾|desc=Short description of the page.}}
{{Card|Page Name|image=some-file.jpg|desc=Short description of the page.}}
</pre>
'''Parameters:'''
;1
: Required. The page title — used as both the link target and the visible title.
;icon
: Optional. An emoji or short character shown above the title. Ignored if {{para|image}} is also set.
;image
: Optional. Filename of an uploaded image. Shown above the title instead of the icon, scaled to 220px wide. Note: height will vary by image — not cropped to a fixed box.
;desc
: Optional. A short description shown below the title.

Must be used inside a {{tl|CardGridStart}} / {{tl|CardGridEnd}} pair — see [[Template:CardGridStart]].
</noinclude>

Lessons from investors

2026-09-14T03:08:25Z

Parijat: Created page with "{{CardGridStart}} {{Card|Peter Lynch|image=Peter-lynch.webp|desc=Peter Lynch}} {{CardGridEnd}}"

File:Peter-lynch.webp

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Parijat: A picture of the investor Peter Lynch

== Summary ==
A picture of the investor Peter Lynch

Template:Card

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Parijat:

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">{{#if:{{{image|}}}|<div style="width: 100%; height: 120px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img src="{{filepath:{{{image}}}}}" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; display: block;" /></div>|{{#if:{{{icon|}}}|<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">{{{icon}}}</div>}}}}'''[[{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]'''{{#if:{{{desc|}}}|<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">{{{desc}}}</div>}}</div><noinclude>
== Usage ==
<pre>
{{Card|Page Name}}
{{Card|Page Name|icon=🌾|desc=Short description of the page.}}
{{Card|Page Name|image=some-file.jpg|desc=Short description of the page.}}
</pre>
'''Parameters:'''
;1
: Required. The page title — used as both the link target and the visible title.
;icon
: Optional. An emoji or short character shown above the title. Ignored if {{para|image}} is also set.
;image
: Optional. Filename of an uploaded image (as uploaded via [[Special:Upload]]). Shown above the title instead of the icon, cropped to fit a fixed-height box so large or oddly-shaped images don't blow out the card.
;desc
: Optional. A short description shown below the title.

Must be used inside a {{tl|CardGridStart}} / {{tl|CardGridEnd}} pair — see [[Template:CardGridStart]].
</noinclude>

Template:CardGridStart

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Parijat:

<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(220px, 280px)); gap: 16px; margin-bottom: 32px; justify-content: start;"><noinclude>
== Usage ==
Opens a card grid. Must be paired with {{tl|CardGridEnd}}, with one or more {{tl|Card}} calls in between. See [[Template:Card]] for the full pattern.
</noinclude>

Business, Finance, and Investing

2026-09-14T03:02:33Z

Parijat: Created page with "{{CardGridStart}} {{Card|Lessons from investors|icon=💡|desc=Lessons from the greatest investors and traders}} {{CardGridEnd}}"

{{CardGridStart}}
{{Card|Lessons from investors|icon=💡|desc=Lessons from the greatest investors and traders}}
{{CardGridEnd}}

Template:CardGridEnd

2026-09-14T03:00:50Z

Parijat: Created page with "</div><noinclude> == Usage == Closes a card grid opened with {{tl|CardGridStart}}. </noinclude>"

</div><noinclude>
== Usage ==
Closes a card grid opened with {{tl|CardGridStart}}.
</noinclude>

Template:Card

2026-09-14T03:00:39Z

Parijat: Created page with "<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">{{#if:{{{icon|}}}|<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">{{{icon}}}</div>}}'''{{{1}}}'''{{#if:{{{desc|}}}|<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">{{{desc}}}</div>}}</div><noinclude> == Usage == <pre> {{Card|Page Name}} {{Card|Page Name|icon=🌾|desc=Short description of the page.}} </pre> '''Parame..."

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">{{#if:{{{icon|}}}|<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">{{{icon}}}</div>}}'''[[{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]'''{{#if:{{{desc|}}}|<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">{{{desc}}}</div>}}</div><noinclude>
== Usage ==
<pre>
{{Card|Page Name}}
{{Card|Page Name|icon=🌾|desc=Short description of the page.}}
</pre>
'''Parameters:'''
;1
: Required. The page title — used as both the link target and the visible title.
;icon
: Optional. An emoji or short character shown above the title.
;desc
: Optional. A short description shown below the title.

Must be used inside a {{tl|CardGridStart}} / {{tl|CardGridEnd}} pair — see [[Template:CardGridStart]].
</pre>
</noinclude>

Template:CardGridStart

2026-09-14T03:00:29Z

Parijat: Created page with "<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(220px, 1fr)); gap: 16px; margin-bottom: 32px;"><noinclude> == Usage == Opens a card grid. Must be paired with {{tl|CardGridEnd}}, with one or more {{tl|Card}} calls in between. See Template:Card for the full pattern. </noinclude>"

<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(220px, 1fr)); gap: 16px; margin-bottom: 32px;"><noinclude>
== Usage ==
Opens a card grid. Must be paired with {{tl|CardGridEnd}}, with one or more {{tl|Card}} calls in between. See [[Template:Card]] for the full pattern.
</noinclude>

Collapse of the French Ancien Regime

2026-09-14T02:56:42Z

Parijat: Created page with "{{StillToStart}}"

Template:HalfFormedThoughts

2026-09-14T02:54:57Z

Parijat: Created page with "<div style="border-left: 3px solid #3a6ea5; background: #f2f7fc; padding: 12px 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 0.95em;"> '''Half-formed thoughts.''' This page has content but isn't organized yet — treat it as a working draft, not a finished entry.{{#if:{{{1|}}}| ''{{{1}}}''}} </div>Category:Half-formed thoughts<noinclude> == Usage == <pre> {{HalfFormedThoughts}} {{HalfFormedThoughts|Needs a clearer structure around the second half — currently just a dump.}}..."

<div style="border-left: 3px solid #3a6ea5; background: #f2f7fc; padding: 12px 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 0.95em;">
'''Half-formed thoughts.''' This page has content but isn't organized yet — treat it as a working draft, not a finished entry.{{#if:{{{1|}}}| ''{{{1}}}''}}
</div>[[Category:Half-formed thoughts]]<noinclude>
== Usage ==
<pre>
{{HalfFormedThoughts}}
{{HalfFormedThoughts|Needs a clearer structure around the second half — currently just a dump.}}
</pre>
Adds the page to [[:Category:Half-formed thoughts]] so you can find everything that needs a pass.
</noinclude>

Template:StillToStart

2026-09-14T02:54:43Z

Parijat: Created page with "<div style="border-left: 3px solid #b08800; background: #fffaf0; padding: 12px 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 0.95em;"> '''Still to start.''' This page exists as a placeholder — nothing's been written yet.{{#if:{{{1|}}}| ''{{{1}}}''}} </div>Category:Still to start<noinclude> == Usage == <pre> {{StillToStart}} {{StillToStart|A one-line note on what this page will eventually cover.}} </pre> Adds the page to :Category:Still to start so you can pull up every..."

<div style="border-left: 3px solid #b08800; background: #fffaf0; padding: 12px 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 0.95em;">
'''Still to start.''' This page exists as a placeholder — nothing's been written yet.{{#if:{{{1|}}}| ''{{{1}}}''}}
</div>[[Category:Still to start]]<noinclude>
== Usage ==
<pre>
{{StillToStart}}
{{StillToStart|A one-line note on what this page will eventually cover.}}
</pre>
Adds the page to [[:Category:Still to start]] so you can pull up everything unwritten in one place.
</noinclude>

Main Page

2026-09-14T02:37:15Z

Parijat: /* The Throughlines */

<div style="background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a2e 0%, #16213e 100%); color: #eee; padding: 48px 32px; margin-bottom: 24px; border-radius: 4px;">
<div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;">
[[File:Timeless-horizons-banner.png|center|600px]]

<div style="font-size: 2.6em; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Foundations</div>
<div style="font-size: 1.15em; color: #ccd6f6; max-width: 560px; margin: 0 auto;">My notes on how the world works, how it got this way, and where it's headed</div>
</div>
</div>

<div style="display: flex; gap: 20px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 32px;">
<div style="flex: 1; min-width: 260px; background: #f7f7f9; border-left: 4px solid #1a1a2e; padding: 20px;">
'''Start Here''' — new to the project? Read [[Foundations:About|what this wiki is trying to do]].
</div>
<div style="flex: 1; min-width: 260px; background: #f7f7f9; border-left: 4px solid #1a1a2e; padding: 20px;">
'''Random Thread''' — feeling aimless? {{Special:Random}} will drop you into an article at random. Follow the "led to" links from there.
</div>
</div>

== The Throughlines ==
<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(220px, 1fr)); gap: 16px; margin-bottom: 32px;">

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">🏛️</div>
'''[[Geopolitics and War]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">⚓</div>
'''[[Politics and Economics]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">💰</div>
'''[[Psychology and Story-telling]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">⚙️</div>
'''[[Science, Technology, and Nature]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">📡</div>
'''[[Business, Finance, and Investing]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

</div>

Main Page

2026-09-14T02:35:30Z

Parijat: /* The Throughlines */

<div style="background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a2e 0%, #16213e 100%); color: #eee; padding: 48px 32px; margin-bottom: 24px; border-radius: 4px;">
<div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;">
[[File:Timeless-horizons-banner.png|center|600px]]

<div style="font-size: 2.6em; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Foundations</div>
<div style="font-size: 1.15em; color: #ccd6f6; max-width: 560px; margin: 0 auto;">My notes on how the world works, how it got this way, and where it's headed</div>
</div>
</div>

<div style="display: flex; gap: 20px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 32px;">
<div style="flex: 1; min-width: 260px; background: #f7f7f9; border-left: 4px solid #1a1a2e; padding: 20px;">
'''Start Here''' — new to the project? Read [[Foundations:About|what this wiki is trying to do]].
</div>
<div style="flex: 1; min-width: 260px; background: #f7f7f9; border-left: 4px solid #1a1a2e; padding: 20px;">
'''Random Thread''' — feeling aimless? {{Special:Random}} will drop you into an article at random. Follow the "led to" links from there.
</div>
</div>

== The Throughlines ==
<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(220px, 1fr)); gap: 16px; margin-bottom: 32px;">

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">🏛️</div>
'''[[Geopolitics and War]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">⚓</div>
'''[[Politics and Economics]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">💰</div>
'''[[Psychology and Story-telling]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">⚙️</div>
'''[[Science, Technology, and Nature]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

<div style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);">
<div style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 6px;">📡</div>
'''[[Business]]'''
<div style="color: #666; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;"> </div>
</div>

</div>