Pete Hitzeman

Bicycles, barbells, and The Buckeyes. Also I write and edit things.

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

Why Elon Musk Is The Worst Human On The Planet

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

Probably true, and mostly because wealth has zero correlation with taste.

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Everyone is wrong about Ferrari's new electric vehicle.

This car will sell out immediately, generate hundreds of millions in profit this year, and eventually account for 10-20% of Ferrari's annual sales.

Today's newsletter breaks down the numbers.

READ: https://t.co/UUJqXCrdG5

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

@NCHSAA For once in our lives can we just show kids what it’s like to do the right thing instead of hiding?

To admit mistakes and make it right. Isn’t that the actual point of education?

To say the rule book and official guidance makes it clear it wasn’t a violation and correct it.

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

@OffyUnfiltered Yeah sure. Also, football has a much more reasonable bar to meet for taunting. Imagine if they wiped a TD and docked 15 yards for raising a hand on the way into the end zone. Would there be a score left?

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

@ccurley23 Officials aren't automatons. They are paid to use discretion in the enforcement of rules in order to ensure fair competition. This is true in any sport. They got this one wildly, terribly, stupidly wrong.

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

As somebody who's done a fair amount of both... They're differently hard. In quality strength training, you need all 3min to build the courage to get back under the bar.

Problem is, most endurance-centric athletes don't have enough strength experience to approach their limits.

[Brady Holmer @Brady_H]

Strength training is incredibly important.

But the reality is it’s nowhere near as “hard” to do as endurance sports.

Lumber around the gym. Pick up something heavy. Put it down again. Rest for 3 minutes. Repeat.

Leisurely if you ask me.

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

Even if it was taunting (which it wasn't), it's some weak-ass taunting, and did nothing to change the outcome of the race. Also, have those who call it taunting seen basically any sport?

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

Of course nothing is a cure. I personally know people who were not able to out-exercise their demons and lost their battle. I also know people who went to therapy and took meds and lost their battle. But we don't throw away tools just because they don't work for everything always

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

Know what else needs to die? Anecdotal rebuttals to recommendations for broad populations. Yes, Marines exercise a lot and still have mental health issues. Yes, Anthony Bourdain exercised a lot and still didn't survive his problems. Neither instance invalidates the broader truths

[TheLiftingShrink @psypharmacopeia]

Yeah, this whole “depressed people just need to exercise” thing just needs to die.

Like right now I’m literally a psychiatrist on a Marine Corps base. You don’t think I treat depression? Do you think my Marine patients don’t exercise?

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

The vast majority of people exercise not at all. That includes a whole lot of people whose mental health issues would be mitigated if they got up/outside and moved more than they currently are. This has been shown scientifically a lot of times.

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

I feel increasingly like being left behind would be a tremendous blessing.

[Katherine Argent @effthealgorithm]

Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

@aakashgupta @grok can you fact check this? Seems a little "woo" from here.

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

@jgault13 Glass city is a crazy fast course! When I was coaching I used to send my faster runners there to get their BQ. Flat, friendly, not crowded, and certified.

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

Somebody's gotta make this movie.

[Eric W. @EWess92]

A man stole William Woods's identity, then accused Woods of stealing his, had Woods prosecuted, jailed, and drugged in a mental ward. A dogged detective solved it. Is an above-guidelines sentence justified? Yes, explains Judge Gruender. Might be the craziest fact section yet!

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

AI is just a tool. So's the internet, so are encyclopedias, so is the kid's test paper at the next desk over.

You know when kids don't look at those things? When their natural curiosity is being nurtured. When they're excited and passionate about what's in front of them.

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

I keep seeing studies about how AI is making students perform more poorly, lose cognitive abilities, etc. And yes, that's a huge issue.

But the problem behind the problem is that our system of education is broken. We've been failing our kids for decades.

[Pete Hitzeman @Pete_Hitzeman]

More rules, more restrictions, more attempts at controlling free young minds. It won't work.