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Stock

Anything that builds up and can be measured at any moment: water in a bathtub, money in an account, a forest, even self-confidence.

Thinking in Systems: A Primer, Donella Meadows

Explained in

• Thinking in Systems: A Primer, Donella Meadows
• A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Burton G. Malkiel

  A security that gives its owner a share of a company and a right to part of its profits.

• Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered, Austin Kleon

  In the same metaphor, work that remains interesting for months and years and gradually finds an audience.

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