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Mike Tyson Aside from Covid-19 news, one of the most interesting bits of news comes from the world of boxing. The former “Baddest Man on the Planet,” Mike Tyson has shown videos of himself training for a “comeback.” Mike Tyson was the most ferocious boxer of his generation. I’m old enough to remember watching him in... 

The history and the consequences of Black Death in the 14th Century is well recorded. I want to emphasize two points. 1. The social consequences of the plague [Black Death] on society came to be profound. The high mortality rate resulted in a drastic decline in the labor force. Wages rose for both agricultural and urban workers.... 

One of the things about the internet and the advent of social media is the creation of what some people would call bullshit jobs. For someone like me, a misfit who screwed up a traditional career, the creation of bullshit jobs was a godsend of sorts. We, the world’s misfits, suddenly had an avenue to express ourselves, build...