Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- University of Ottawa announces first ever Masters degree in psychedelics and consciousness. Universities in the US should also offer these Masters programs.
- ICE arrest 8 suspected terrorists released by Biden Administration. Problem is bigger than the media is reporting.
- Daily Coach on the life of Jerry West
- Jamaal Bowman appears headed towards primary defeat. I'll try not to laugh.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Before you try to change the world, try losing weight." - Richard Cooper
"It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste most of it." - Seneca
"I only really want to do things for their own sake. That is one definition of art. Whether its business, exercise, romance, friendship, whatever, I think the meaning of life is to do things for their own sake. Ironically, when you do things for their own sake, you create your best work." - Naval Ravikant
"If you're going to make a mistake in the [NBA] draft, make sure it's a big mistake." - Jerry West
Recently finished the book Showtime by Jeff Pearlman. Bought and read the book because of all the hype around the HBO show Winning Time which I will not watch because of the way they portray and treat Jerry West.
A short synopsis of the book would go something like this; Magic Johnson is drafted, is very good at basketball but then he "attains" the AIDS virus. In between Pat Riley is a coach who was good at first but then just went too far (and yes the dictator joke was intentional).
I was a huge NBA fan during the 1980's, so it was fun to relive those series and that period of time. There was one thing that I read that made me slightly change my perception of the NBA though.
I used to firmly believe that Red Auerbach's trade of basically Joe Barry Carrol for Robert Parrish and Kevin McHale was perhaps the best in NBA history but the Lakers' trade of aging Gail Goodrich to the New Orleans Jazz (they hadn't moved to Utah yet) for the Jazz's first round picks in 1977 and 1979 now seems a close second. The 1979 pick was used to draft Magic Johnson.
Still say Red's trade was better because the draft picks were a matter of luck. The Lakers didn't know they were getting Magic. They easily could have been getting another Kenny Carr (who they drafted with the 1977 pick from the Jazz).
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Bitcoin mining and resource use. Would be interesting to see the same type of analysis regarding Etherium.
- How non-native pheasants protect American biodiversity
- VDH: Radical New rules for Post-America. Sadly this isn't wholey satire.