Sunday, April 28, 2024

Professor and author Scott Galloway discusses his new book 'The Algebra of Wealth.







What I learned:

The profesor outlines the damage to America's young people from various conditions and situations.

He uses examples of money transfers from young people to old people and from poor to rich.

He explains that these inequalities are creating anger, rage and dangerous young men.

He explains that education has failed and that young people are uneducated and vulnerable to self-destruction activities.

There are lots of entities that are blamed.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Video - 18 Philosophical Ideologies Summarized


 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlFOlJ_qZI0


This video summarizes various philosophical perspectives:

- Stoicism's emphasis on tranquillity through self-control

- Buddhism's path to overcoming suffering.

- teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

- Christianity's core beliefs in love and salvation through Jesus Christ

- Taoism's principles of living in harmony with nature

- Nihilism's rejection of inherent meaning

- and more

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Basketball Big Data Surprises

The video is titled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjjW1l9KjXQ

00:00 Defining Clutch 02:15 The GOAT...? 05:55 Anti-Clutch 06:20 Further Into the Clutch... 12:15 Mapping "All-Around Clutch" 15:10 What Can We Learn...?


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I learned that accurate data collection and analysis can point to precise conclusions.

Feelings, impressions and myths can sometimes be overcome with accurate data, appropriate analysis and supported conclusions.

Sports fans are all over the emotional range from 1 to 150%. Even the best data is ignored by believers.