Michael Burry
· Cassandra Unchained
· May 26, 2026 at 01:17
· ⏱ 2 min read
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Summary
The article opens with a personal anecdote about patterns and the Golden Ratio in nature, using plant leaf spacing as an example of non-repeating optimization. It does not present any market thesis, trade recommendations, or actionable financial insights.
•The author recalls growing up in the Bay Area in the 1970s, whittling branches and observing patterns.
•Plants arrange leaves at a golden angle of 137.5077 degrees to maximize sunlight without overlap.
•The golden ratio (1.618) emerges from dividing a circle into arcs of 137.5077 and 222.4923 degrees.
•The author speculates that early philosophers might have sought a ratio that produces an infinitely non-repeating pattern, impossible to express as a fraction of whole numbers.