More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The Expanse at 10. Going to have to give this series another shot (only watched the first couple of episodes).
- The Lost Generation. Reverse racism explained. (HT Cultural Offering)
- The American Military can't build a military anymore.
- From the archives: The common denominator of success. Long read but worth it.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- US Navy's stealth Seawolf-class submarine shortage is extremely dangerous. Impression that Russia's and China's navies are weaker than believed - but so are ours.
- Trump's "Genesis Mission" AI Executive Order. Can't help but remember that the Manhattan Project, which the Genesis Mission is compared to, was done in secret and that other nations stole our findings through spies. Just saying.
- Congress should let the work opportunity tax credit expire. You know how I feel about federal programs with sunset dates.
- The Future of Journalism. (HT Execupundit)
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Morgan Housel: What a World (a few stories).
- From the archives: Secord-order Thinking: What smart people use to outperform.
- Matt Taibbi with an open letter to the Columbia Journalism Review. He's got the receipts.
- Best libraries of the world. It's like a bucket list! (HT Execupundit)
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Heh Heh
- Many a truth is said in jest.
- Makes you wonder why anyone pays attention to the propaganda news
The renowned author annoyed his colleagues in the working press. They were both awed by his fame and furious that he was playing soldier, in violation of all the standing rules about correspondents staying out of the war, even though the reporters were very much a part of the war effort.I have no trouble picturing Hemingway having a bit of a mid-life crisis (he was 45 at the time) and playing soldier would have been his equivalent of buying a new Corvette. What struck me as odd was the description of the "working press" who in their own way "were very much a part of the war effort."
I'm pretty sure I know the answer.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"A friend on the Times said he didn't mind the nightmares so much so much as the waking impulse to file on them." - Michael Herr
"History never repeats itself, man always does." - Voltaire
"Innovation comes from questioning the way things have been done before." - Elon Musk
"But I will accept any rules you feel necessary for your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them, if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." - Robert Heinlein
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"The point of journalism is the truth. The point of journalism is to improve society." - Sebastian Junger
"Death makes everything else sad. But death only scares." - Ray Bradbury
"Having a phone in your pocket is like always carrying around a glazed donut that constantly temps you to snack on it - but if you do, you know it will ruin your appetite." - Ruby LaRocca
"More dreams die from a lack of confidence than a lack of competence. But while confidence is often a byproduct of accomplishments, it also comes from how you talk to yourself." - Shane Parrish
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Interesting: 100 lesser known but useful websites (HT Recomendo)
- Noah Smith on why economy teachers are paid more than sociology teachers.
- Interesting profile of Deon Sanders. Forgot he played in MLB for the Reds, Giants, and Blue Jays.
- The coddling of the American journalists. We used to have a name for people who could dish it out but not take it. (HT Leather Penguin)
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Noah Smith on economists and economic policy. Believe in industrial policy to a point but more in tune with reciprocity. If a country has free trade with us - we should have free trade with them. If they impose a tariff - we likewise impose a tariff.
- Jonathan Turley on advocacy journalism. Everything is biased and reflects the viewpoint.We tend to gravitate towards those which agree with ours but at the same time remember to "take nobody's word" for anything.
- American Bar Association considers crackdown on "disruptive conduct." Simply make the next White House Council or head of the DOJ a member of FIRE and the message will be made.
- How to get more exercise without changing your normal routine. I've avoided elevators when I can since I heard Kirk Douglas explain its one of the things he does to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen reports for military service in Finland. Good for him!
- The four Buddhist mantras for turning fear into love.
- Elon Musk's BBC interview show journalists don't speak truth to power - they coddle it.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain." - John F. Kennedy
"Your real education begins when you realize it wasn't school." - Shane Parrish
"No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers." - Robert Heinlein
"Early in life, I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper." - George Orwell
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass." - Lord Melbourne
"Any writer or journalist who wants to retain his integrity finds himself thwarted by the general drift of society rather than by active persecution." - George Orwell
"...I hadn't realized how offensive plain truth can be to the politically correct, how enraged they can be by its mere expression, and how deeply they detest the values and standards respected fifty years ago, and which dinosaurs of my generation still believe in, God help us." - George MacDonald Fraser
"Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it." - Mike Tyson
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The surprising history of the car radio. With many cool tangents. Love history like this!
- Interesting list of useful websites
- A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century. Great work from The Tablet.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- CDC had Facebook censor speech and debate about Covid too
- Yesterday was Dolly Parton's 77th birthday. She's an American treasure.
Some quotes that I hope may resonate with you.
"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of disciple or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons." - Jim Rohn
"Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion." - Steve Jobs
"Knowledge is a skyscraper. You can take a shortcut with a fragile foundation of memorization, or building upon the steel frame of understanding." - Naval Ravikant
"Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backwards - reversing cause and effect. I call these the 'wet street cause rain' stories. Paper's full of them." - Michael Crichton
