It's important to learn math not because you may need to do long division as an adult, but because it promotes rigorous thinking. IMO, history and causal inference are among the most important subjects a young person can study — math being central to the second.
A significant problem in public discourse right now is people's inability to critically evaluate causal claims (e.g., vaccines cause autism, deporting immigrants will solve the housing crisis, etc.). The less able people are to critically evaluate causal claims, the worse our democracy functions because people can be preyed upon for votes. You should promote anything that improves rigorous thinking, even if it doesn't have market value. In fact, we should stop thinking of education only in the context of what improves the economy.
IMO, this is distinct from knowing your own address (which Huang can avoid because he's wealthy). Memorizing facts like this may or may not be important, but it's distinct from rigorous thinking.
Ben Wallace says the Pistons would’ve never won an NBA championship had they drafted Carmelo Anthony instead of Darko Milicic
“If we would've drafted Carmelo, I honestly don't think we would’ve ever won a championship. Melo would've wanted to play right away. It would've had the potential to disrupt the team chemistry. By drafting Darko, Darko was the guy who came in and said, ‘I can’t play on this team. I’m not ready to play on this team. Who am I going to play in front of?’”
“By him accepting his role, it allowed us to build and grow, get stronger and stronger, and eventually win a championship. If he would've came in saying, ‘I want to play. I need to be playing.’ He would've called his agent. His agent would've been calling Joe [Dumars]. Darko would've been talking to the media. The media would've come and asked those crazy questions. Then we would've had to say something crazy. They would've taken it back to Darko. The whole divide and conquer”
“If we would have drafted Melo, Tayshaun [Prince] would’ve never blossomed to be the type of player that he became. We won a championship off the back of the best block that I ever seen in my life. And I’ve blocked a lot of shots. That’s the type of grit and grind that that team was about”
@Infyrno23 Sucks that deer hunting season starts the same weekend this drops. I’ll be heading home from the hunting shack that Sunday and going straight to Leonida. Just gotta remember to download the game while I’m out hunting so it’s ready when I get back…
@DJRTistic Luv U Better is definitely a top 5 Neptunes beat for me. I don’t think it’s that close but excuse me miss is nice too. Funny thing is when excuse me miss first came out I skipped it on the album for a couple of months. Eventually, It grew on me…
@FadeAwayMedia That 8k shot in the beginning of this clip is pristine. Loved how the camera slowly moves low as it starts aiming to the sky. The Tazz pyro comment got a chuckle out of me.
Nothing should require an app. There should always be an alternative. You should always be able to leave your cell phone at home or not own one at all. This applies to everything but especially for something as basic as parking.
Did y’all read the comic section of the paper when you were little? I tried to talk to someone about this popular comic and he was like “Who tf read the paper as a child???” I thought the comic section was for kids and all of us read it???