Sports are commoditized and, alas, prostituted randomness. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

You never win an argument until they attack your person.

be. So I follow the Lindy effect as a guide in selecting what to read: books that have been around for ten years will be around for ten more; books that have been around for two millennia should be around for quite a bit of time, and so forth.

The problem is that, except for sushi bars, one cannot eat out without inspecting the kitchen. Even "olive oil" is often debased, like a currency, with seed oil. We need a "seed oil detector" very badly.