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Ep. 552: Mega Eclectic Number Two with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Mega Eclectic Number Two with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Mega Eclectic Number Two with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Mega Eclectic Number Two with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Humans and animals
  • International hacking
  • Game theory
  • Economics
  • World champions of peace
  • The book writing process
  • Flow state
  • Personal branding
  • Multi-disciplinary thinking
  • Luck vs. Skill
  • Outcome bias

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Ep. 331: Douglas Emlen Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Douglas Emlen
Douglas Emlen

My guest today is Douglas Emlen, a professor at the University of Montana. He is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House. He has also earned multiple research awards from the National Science Foundation, including their five-year CAREER award.

The topic is his book Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Taking our lessons from animals
  • The connection with human and animal arms races
  • International hacking
  • Comparing the fiddler crap to US and USSR bombers during the cold war
  • Defining evolutionary biology
  • How an arms race can run its course via the example of the sabertooth tiger
  • The arms race in the trading world
  • How the cuttlefish has found its way around the “alpha” system
  • Finding “workarounds” when the deck is stacked against you
  • War games and detente
  • Why predictability in weapons is important
  • One-on-one showdowns
  • The importance of being nimble

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