I’m a big fan of Always Sunny, but not much outside of that.

My take on it is this: it’s a movie about being a nobody with small, kind of pedestrian life goals, in a time when everyone is trying to be famous and we are inundated by media and celebrity. Everyone in the movie tries to make themselves the main character, except for the actual protagonist.

The most essential question of the film, at a literal and existential level, is this: who is this story about?

I agree completely!

Fools Paradise. I loved it. Thought it was beautiful, subtle, and weird.

I was absolutely shocked how poorly it has been received. I think most people completely missed the point of the movie.

Hot take: it was a valiant effort by people with tremendous power and influence to do the right thing with the wrong tools. Blackrock et al. tested the hypothesis that companies can generate greater returns by doing good. In doing so they risked their reputation and relationships with their investors.

We all learned together that their hypothesis is wrong. One cannot add a constraint (ESG etc) without compromising returns, and the big money piles operate with mandates to maximize risk-adjusted returns.

It can, and will, get worse.

A carbon tax is a specific, simple, policy that voters could form a broad coalition around to implement.

Because a carbon tax incremented over a period of years would achieve the desired outcome with much less administrative burden and economic impact.

We should use fossil fuels sometimes - when it’s worth paying the real cost!

Kitty History time!

Yes. This is the silent problem of enormous wealth inequality in the US. As the middle class disappears, fewer people are able to pay small fees to contribute to things like local news, community organizations, and online services.

That’s a shame. Thanks for giving it a try and reporting back!

Wildest? Really?

President feigns ignorance of basic domestic economics to appear sympathetic going into an election cycle

Love it. I’ll keep an eye out!

Anybody tried this? How is it?

I am shocked! Shocked I tell you!!

Really got’em!

Lol what? A percentage of their market cap is probably what you mean. A percentage of average net income over the last N (5?) years would be more realistic and still scaled in a way that impacts returns to investors.

Start your resolution on December 1, and call the first month of progress a Christmas/Holiday present to yourself.

Also good!

I have multiple Bluetooth headphones that I use and wear often, and I generally prefer them. But a phone with no headphone jack is a non-starter.

Wired headphones are bedrock.They don’t need to be charged. They work easily across devices. I don’t have to worry about dropping them, or fumbling with menus to connect. They just work, always, immediately. Not having headphones that work when you need them is a huge problem.