Corbin Smith, Defector (gift link): Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Under Armour: These companies do not actually spin thread, tan leather, vulcanize rubber, or even put together the shoe. They design prototypes of a product and then facilitate all the actions necessary to make money off it. They pressure supplies and manufacturers at every level of […]⌥ Permalink| Pixel Envy
If there's one thing I wish I'd done more of in my youth, it's playing sports. It does so much to build discipline, resilience, and integrity. I've been thinking about something Michelle Obama shared in her memoir. When she started dating Barack, she asked her brother Craig, an Ivy League basketball player, to play a […]| Zanniee
Explore the traits of Normies and Non-Normies, their pros and cons, and how to balance creativity and conformity for a more fulfilling, well-rounded life.| Zanniee
Originally written for a book review contest, here's my take on a revisionist Watergate history that offers wild and fascinating theories on the reasons for the break-in that changed American history.| Jim Nelson
Kat Rosenfield at Unherd claims she knows why men are no longer wild: “Our sense of adventure died with Chris McCandless.” I last wrote about the mythology around Chris McCandless and Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild in 2015. Rosenfield’s article motivated me to survey the situation once more. I won’t summarize here Krakauer’s book or […]| Jim Nelson