"The limits of my language means the limits of my world." - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian - British philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that language and understanding are inseparable, and that our ability to comprehend the world is constrained by the vocabulary we have to describe it.

If an investor only knows the language of accounting, they will only see the world in terms of balance sheets. This is why building a multidisciplinary latticework of mental models is crucial. Learning the "languages" of biology, physics, and psychology expands the limits of what you can perceive and value in the market.