Morgan Housel · 2020
Expiring vs. Permanent Skills
Robert Walter Weir was one of the most popular instructors at West Point in the mid-1800s.
Why we picked it
The West Point teaching example invites a durable question about which abilities retain value as institutions and tools change.
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