Last night, Jake Paul fought Mike Tyson in an exhibition match. I refused to watch it, even though it was on Netflix and I already have a subscription. Jake Paul is one of the leaders in the attention-seeking economy. He’s figured out a way to thread the needle, arranging fights which make everyone mad, because
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September 2024: Buenos Aires Everyone calls it BA The whole city reminds me of Barcelona with huge vias and avenues They carved up enough of the city for giant parks that it feels really nice The hop-on, hop-off bus was a really nice way to see a bunch of the city over a roughly two-hour
September 2024: Montevideo Very calm and safe It’s a great taste of Latino America without much danger, at all. Still has the feel of Peru, Bolivia, Columbia and Mexico. The block in the sidewalks, the streets, etc A lot of colonial architecture and new construction going on A large middle class, and much less poverty
July 2024: Oslo, Bergen, Flam Oslo The kids had a blast at the playgrounds. We noticed that it was really setup for kids. I had fun going on morning adventures on the electric scooters. I learned how to do jumps off of curbs! I fell in love with the Volkswagen ID.Buzz, their new electric Volkswagen
I’m preparing for a motorcycle trip to Nepal and Tibet in September 2024, and I thought I knew everything I needed to know about power….but I was wrong. Apparently, Nepal uses type C (cool, no problem), but they also use type D and type M plugs (WTF are these?). They’re from old British standards when
2015: Málaga, Seville, Córdoba Madrid, Barcelona This was my first time visiting Spain, and it was with Zig Gmerek on our epic Morocco, Spain, France trip! Seriously, one of the craziest trips I’ve ever taken! 2015: DockerCon Barcelona Lisa came with me on this trip and I remember going up on the mountain and having
The year was 1993, and I was sitting next to the waterfall at The Gorge, part of the Summit County Metro Parks. It’s a huge waterfall that’s 420 feet wide, and 60 feet tall. The sound of the rushing water drowns out everything. If you’re talking to somebody, you have to scream. The waterfall is/was
Often, I think we are desensitized to how difficult it is to be homeless – to have very little control over our day to day life. We take for granted that we get to pick what shirt to wear, when to take a shower, when to have our first cup of coffee. Recently, this became
This is my definition for becoming a hacker and achieving desired outcomes in the modern economy…. The Universe Things perceived to be completely under your control: OK Things perceived to be somewhat under your control: OK Things perceived to be out of your control: ERR Things Perceived to be Somewhat or Completely Under Your
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Andrew Keen, a central critic of all things Web 2.0, argues that the widespread amateurism of the internet is destroying our culture. Is he correct?
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