Comments on: I Read 10 Money Articles A Day–So Why Am I Confused? A Take on Why Personal Finance Education is Failing

By: When I Choose to Outsource My Chores (Hint: It is Rare) - Mind Your Decisions

When I Choose to Outsource My Chores (Hint: It is Rare) - Mind Your Decisions — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:30:13 +0000

[...] When should one outsource? I sought out a comprehensive and well-researched answer. But I ended up with too many contradictions. I found articles justifying both sides of just about every topic I considered. This is why too much information makes me confused. [...]

By: Risk is Not the Science of Calculated Odds; It is an Art of Skepticism - Mind Your Decisions

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:24:54 +0000

[...] issue is that more information can confuse rather than inform. Just ask yourself if the risk assessments of nutrition researchers have helped. After reading [...]

By: RohoMech

RohoMech — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:29:09 +0000

Cool, thanks, yea, that’s the post.

By: Presh Talwalkar

Presh Talwalkar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:44:15 +0000

Mahesh: Good reading suggestion.

RohoMech: Nice memory. I think you are referring to this Buffet revision:

http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/08/27/a-failure-to-communicate/

By: RohoMech

RohoMech — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:23:37 +0000

Speaking of Buffet, and kind of going along with this topic, isn’t there this great example where he rewrote some fund’s prospectus in very simplified terms, making it *shock* easy for non-lawyers to grasp?

It seems like he just cut out of a lot of extra details but was able to say the same thing.