Most students in most modern day cultures have a requirement to learn two foreign languages.

The first is a language spoken orally by people a border or ocean or half a world away call that a foreign tongue. The second is a

language universally required of all students. This foreign language has its

own grammar, highly logical at that, its own rules and

translations and axioms, call that language math.

In 2014 mathematician Jordan Ellenberg wrote a book not for other mathematicians but for all of us for you and me the

numerate the in-numerate the low g-gPA folk the high g-g-p-p-a-folks the book lovers the math phobes in how not to be wrong the power of mathematical

thinking Ellenberg unlocks the doors of mathematical concepts and invites us all into a world where math is not just numbers

and equations, but a way of thinking, a philosophy that underpins every aspect of our lives. This week on Rule Breaker Investing, come with us then into the

mysterious world of mathematics, math, universal language underlies our daily

decisions, our perceptions of the world, even our understanding

of beauty and art.

You can certainly try to ignore the math, if you like, generally to your detriment, or you can lean in, switch on, you can stop saying I'm bad at

math and start to pay at least a little more attention. Our world increasingly relies on data and logic.

This should not sound like a threat.

After this week's conversation, I sure hope it won't.

And anyway, don't you, week anyway not want to be wrong? Only on

Rule Breaker Investing.

It's the Rule Breaker Investing Podcast with Motley full co-founder David Gardner.

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How many great authors are we getting to connect with once again this year?

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