Sunday Review #171 (6Oct2024)
📖 What I’m Reading:OpenAI as we knew it is dead – Vox
Investing in an Age of Distraction – Jack Raines
The Prophecy of Rust Cohle – Frederik Gieschen
☝️ Word of the Week:thanatopsis (n) than-uh-TOP-sis A reflection upon death. From Greek thanatos (death) + opsis (appearance, view). “Subject to constant death threats, Dr. [Martin Luther] King ‘had a thread of thanatopsis, a preoccupation of his death.’ It blistered through his oratory. Canaan portrays a man aware his time would be brief and despairing of realizing his dreams.” 💬 Quote of the Week:“The mind that harbours philosophy should, by its soundness, make the body sound also. It should make its tranquility and joy shine forth; it should mould the outward bearing to its shape, and arm it therefore with a gracious pride, with an active and sprightly bearing, with a happy and gracious countenance. The most manifest sign of wisdom is a constant happiness; its state is like that of things above the moon: always serene.” -Michel de Montaigne ps: Steve Perry from the band Journey no longer tours with the band. They found a new lead singer off YouTube. He was a nightclub singer in the Philippines. Now he rocks with the real band. (YouTube) pps: some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters (GQ) ppps: runaway (YouTube) |
Thomas Tassin
📖 What I’m Reading: Outrageous Color – Steven Tassin My brother is a colorful and talented person. My mom was, too. Markets Are Information - Beating the Sportsbooks at Their Own Game – Jonathan Wang Fascinating. Mad respect to this arbitrageur. Money on my mind – Prof Paul Dolan “You are less happy when you are paying attention to time (and especially to time as money) rather than to the activities you are engaged in.” ☝️ Word of the Week: coruscate (v) KOR-uh-skayt To sparkle, flash, or...
📖 What I’m Reading: Richard Powers on What We Do to the Earth and What It Does to Us – The New Yorker Profile on the author of The Overstory. “We play to keep on playing.” How to Succeed in MrBeast Production – MrBeast Leaked onboarding memo. Some interesting stuff. A modest tax reform proposal to roll back federal tax policy to 1997 – Owen Zidar & Erick Zwick Interesting proposal. I don’t agree with all of it—and certainly wouldn’t call it “modest”—but it’s fun to see the math and history...
📖 What I’m Reading: How to Make Millions as a Professional Whistleblower – GQ “’When I was first going undercover, I would get back to my car and throw up.’ These days, he relaxes by listening to metal bands (Tool and Nine Inch Nails are favorites) and playing video games like The Last of Us. ‘And before I’m about to meet with a potential scammer, I’ll meditate for 30 minutes or I’ll jump on Zoom with my therapist,’ he tells me. ‘After that, I’m in kill mode.’” Curious George and the case of...