People are lousy at risk assessment. There are whole industries based on this. (Gambling, sure. But also insurance, time shares, several categories of banks…) And in a moment of self pity, I realized that taking too few risks has probably held me back in my …
Wondering, this morning, what you’d want to do to take care of yourself if we had a prolonged deflationary period. My best guesses: If you were having a tough time, financially, before…and if you don’t have the ability to produce food (farming land)…then you’d want …
While we don’t know what the long-term consequences of Covid-19 are, after you recover, and while we don’t have a vaccine, yet…we are learning more, every day. For example, if you’re infected, having healthy levels of vitamin D may help you avoid a cytokine storm, …
I’m a sucker for short lists of wisdom. This one looks decent.
Several philosophical breadcrumb journeys have brought me back to the Reinhold Niebuhr. And I’m finding that I either agree with, or wish I could agree with him, on a few topics. MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” mentions Niebuhr’s influence on MLK, and transitively, on the …
Watching the beginning of “Charlie Says” (about the girls in Charlie Manson’s “family”) reminded me of a documentary I saw in high school. It was all about an anguished family’s efforts to deprogram their adult sibling/child from Reverend Moon’s cult. I remember discussing what it …
There’s sure a lot to say about the novel coronavirus and about our healthcare system and the response and epidemiology and education and sports and politics and cultural views on food and medicine. I’d planned to write about most of those, and maybe I still …
SUPER BOWL LIV It’s hard to be happy at getting the winners and being 8-2 during the playoffs (178-87-1 overall) when I was a disaster in the “betting” department. I missed both against the spread (3-6-1 for playoffs, 142-118-6 overall) and both over/under (6-4 for …
At least I did okay picking winners, but I really had a rough week in the divisional round. I was 3-1 picking winners (6-2 in playoffs, 176-87-1 overall) only missing on the Titans. I really expected them to make some mistakes and be worn out. …
