Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The greatest threat to success is not failure but boredom." - James Clear

"Men desire novelty to such an extent that those who are doing well wish for change as much as those who are doing badly." - Machiavelli

 "Sustaining an effort is the most important thing for any enterprise. The way to be successful is to learn how to do things right, then do them the same way every time." - Pat Riley

"Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name 'social justice.'" - Thomas Sowell

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Introducing Wokeyleaks. Good stuff! I hope this becomes a regular thing. 

- This is awesome!

- The world needs a real investigation into the origins of Covid-19. Agree 100%. But I also know that a real investigation will never happen because China will not allow it.

-  Morgan Housel - Two Worlds: So much prosperity. So much skepticism. Interesting post with many great insights. This one really caught my attention: "Adjusted for inflation, the two stimulus packages passed in the last nine months are roughly equal to what we spent fighting World War II over four years." Wow! 

- Interesting things are happening in Russia. Went with "interesting" because "scary" seemed too much.

- Heh Heh

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

In August Ireland had 70 deaths related to alcohol, and 32 deaths from suicide with 0 deaths from COVID-19. I would argue that many of those suicides and alcohol related deaths probably while not officially COVID-19 related actually were exacerbated by the lockdown... Feel that this short essay "I Never Cared" will resonate with many people... Love the acronym WEIRD for countries like the US and Canada (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic). WEIRD nations (and people) should stick together... The headline reads "Europe Just Declared Independence from China." Not sure if I'd go that far but it is clear that China has badly over-played their hand... Excellent point - John Cleese: Can you tell me a woke joke? Guessing if such a joke exists the punchline would have to do with either Trump or older white men... 

Save the Equals Sign

I wish this was a joke but some mathematicians are arguing about getting rid of the equals sign. For the Love of Christ!

This has Social Justice written all over it. "How dare you say a dollar bill is equal to one hundred pennies! That's elitist and anti-democratic. The voices of the one hundred pennies demand to be heard."

And people wonder why public school math scores keep sinking. Plus what about repercussions? How would this effect other sciences like physics? How would you then express Einstein's most famous theory?

A pox on those who wish to get rid of the equals sign. A pox and publicly visible boils I say!