different defintions of second level knowledge/thinking

LEGO minifigure of a man with brown hair, glasses, a beard, wearing a white shirt with rolled sleeves, blue overalls, and grey pants. Who depicts a layman

layman terms

(per google search)

Refers to moving beyond basic information recall to a deeper understanding and application.

Photo of a book titled "The Most Important Thing" by Howard Marks, with the subtitle "Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor", published by Columbia Business School Publishing.

Howard mark’s “second level thinking”

Characterized in his book: “Different and better: that’s a pretty good description of second-level thinking” [1] Second level thinking is deep, complex and convoluted” [2].

Page 4 of his The MOST IMPORTANT THING book [3] references the list of the great many things that he believes a second-level thinker takes into account.

[1] Howard Marks, The MOST IMPORTANT THING, Columbia University Press, New York, 2011, Page 6

[2] Howard Marks, The MOST IMPORTANT THING, Columbia University Press, New York, 2011, Page 4

[3] Howard Marks, The MOST IMPORTANT THING, Columbia University Press, New York, 2011, Page 4

Stylized number 2 with purple and white lines on a dark purple background, and the text '2nd LEVEL KNOWLEDGE' below.

2nd level knowledge llc

Refers to the intersection of where deep-dive intelligence meets discovered market inefficiency and critical thinking risk awareness.