Matt Kaul

So far, this World Cup suggests that it might not be quite the disaster I expected to expand to 48 teams. Many of these smaller and lower-ranked teams can more than keep up—and their fans are showing up in a big way. ⚽️

Jacqui Oakley and Warren Barton are hands-down the best commentators in this Fox squad for the World Cup. They’re, you know, insightful on each team’s players & tactics. They were great yesterday for 🇩🇰 – 🇹🇳 & they are equally good this morning for 🇲🇦 – 🇭🇷. ⚽️

I’ve loved Argentina since I studied abroad there in 2005. That’s a crushing defeat. But huge credit to Saudi Arabia—they were excellent. Terrible passing in the final third for Argentina; incredible performance defensively by the Saudis. ⚽️

¡Vamos Argentina! 🇦🇷⚽️

Halfway through 🇺🇸- 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, I’m thrilled. We’re playing great; creating some good chances. I’m especially impressed by Musah, Sargent, Jedi, and Ream. Beautifully taken goal by Weah. Let’s go! ⚽️

My heart-over-head bracket. Really had to get speculative to get the final I wanted… 🇧🇷- 🇦🇷 ⚽️

Everyone can’t look away from the story of the spectacular failure of crypto wunderkind/slacker dude SBF. Massive wealth, massive hubris, all gone in an instant. It’s a story made for Michael Lewis.

Somehow, amazingly, Lewis has already been embedded with SBF for 6 months.

All of humanity’s problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a deer stand alone.

~ Pascal, I think

Decided recently to start a newsletter about Jesus' teachings. It won’t be religious, or even really very spiritual. I’ll simply consider how Jesus' teaching might help us live well in our troubled times.

Tomorrow, the Premier League starts a six-week mad dash prior to the World Cup; some teams will play more than twice a week during this stretch. There are going to be more injuries than ever before, during, & after the World Cup. But at least FIFA gets its way! ⚽️

Is there any better illustration of Iain McGilchrist’s theory of the left brain’s colonization of our thinking than this post (& the paper it cites), about why philosophers spend too much time studying their dead predecessors. Surely they’re both joking, right? Right? 🔗

Sure, I’d love to be your start-up’s Chief Metaverse Officer. Here’s my cover letter:

I solemnly swear that I will do everything in my power to foil your ambitions to create a metaverse. Please call or email if you have any questions or you’d like to discuss the position further.

So, apparently there are 20 quadrillion ants in the world.

That’s a cool 1.5 million per person. 🐜 🔗