First Derivatives
Lebron James is obsessed with golf. His new YouTube channel is what is getting the most attention, but this has been a publicly known fact for a while. There’s even a (largely unevidenced) theory that he chose to play his potentially final season in Philadelphia for it’s proximity to elite golf courses. I just want…
Predicting Social Media from 1997
At a rummage sale, I picked up a book by cartoonist Scott Adams called The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century published in 1997. I thought I might find a clever prediction about the future, which we can now verify from the standpoint of 2026. The text of the book is mostly…
High Income Rentals are Low Income Rentals
In my mind, the distinct income quartiles rent properties at very different price points, with maybe just a small amount of overlap. But the overlap illustrated here is huge. That’s a narrative violation for me.
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