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
Currently reading: The Nature of Oaks by Douglas W. Tallamy 📚
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! ⚽️
Instead, beauty effects a completeness that strengthens our capacity to be open and hospitable. It is fitting, in this respect, that we tend to think of giving the quality of beauty, more directly than the quality of truth or goodness, to our background surroundings, the encompassing atmosphere inside of which our existence unfolds. ~from Love and the Postmodern Predicament
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.
Saddened to learn of Hilary Mantel’s sudden and untimely death at the age of 70. Her Wolf Hall novels are brilliant; what vivid historical imagination. R.I.P. 📚
So, apparently there are 20 quadrillion ants in the world.
That’s a cool 1.5 million per person. 🐜 🔗