This article from Nautilus on common myths about the brain is important enough that it’s worth it to summarize the three myths for those hesitant to read the whole thing. I also add a fourth. […]
Category: Thought
Couple very clever details in this art by AranniHK. First, of course, are the armed robots, having taken the place of the police, who are protecting those protesting them, which makes the entire act appear […]
(Sunday Thought) Life Expectancy is the Barometer of Society, and It’s Falling
As this article points out, COVID-19 isn’t the only thing shortening American lives. This past decade, life expectancy in the US began declining for the first time in generations. This reversal, which COVID only exacerbated, […]
(Sunday Thought) Gaslighting and Social Media
It’s been my consistent experience that you can’t “social media” your way to commercial success. But don’t take my word for it. For a long time, I thought it was me, or rather my writing. […]
(Sunday Thought) The Brescia Medallion
Several times, I’ve mention the Thinker of Cernavoda, a small, seven-thousand-year-old terracotta statue that is without a doubt my favorite work of art, and for largely the same reason I also love this piece, the […]
(Sunday Thought) The Biology of Belonging
World historian William McNeill argued that humans had evolved for synchronous ritual: dancing, chanting, marching in time. The anthropological data seem to support this. For example, researchers recently found that Sufis engaged in the dhikr, […]
(Sunday Thought) The Best Show On Television
Politics shares many of the characteristics of professional sport. It has teams, complete with owners, managers, and agents. It has a regularly scheduled season capped in contests in which score is kept and a winner […]
The $treet
My buddy in Japan asked me what was going on. This was my description — and why it matters. During the pandemic, a hedge fund called Melvin Capital was short-selling stock of video game retailer […]
