The high quality videos in this post are recorded on my DJI Pocket 2 Creator Combo.
The low quality videos are streamed from my Oppo A15 because with this cheap phone I bought for about $140 USD on my visit a year ago, I can get an Australian data plan for 80 GBs for $40 a month, while T-Mobile carrier from the US that goes with my iPhone (and I usually add my shure mic) charges $50 for 15GBs.
SYDNEY. I haven’t encountered any anger or despair. I’m sure there is some, but there’s nothing like the disgust that’s chronic in LA. I’ve yet to hear an angry word down under. Life is healthier and more relaxed and more communal.
Nobody has tried to talk to me about Australian politics. Nobody has mentioned any Aussie politicians. They don’t matter to the lives of ordinary Aussies. The culture wars rage in Australia at about 10% of the intensity of America. Still, ambitious young Aussies tend to move to the USA to pursue their dreams.
The news in Australia is comparatively boring, because there aren’t many disasters around here.
The water pressure is about ten times as intense in Sydney compared to LA. So taking a cold shower is ten times as painful.
Abstract from this 2016 paper: “One hundred years of research (1916–2016) on intellectually precocious youth is reviewed, painting a portrait of an extraordinary source of human capital and the kinds of learning opportunities needed to facilitate exceptional accomplishments, life satisfaction, and positive growth. The focus is on those studies conducted on individuals within the top 1% in general or specific (mathematical, spatial, or verbal reasoning) abilities. Early insights into the giftedness phenomenon actually foretold what would be scientifically demonstrated 100 years later. Thus, evidence-based conceptualizations quickly moved from viewing intellectually precocious individuals as weak and emotionally liable to highly effective and resilient individuals. Like all groups, intellectually precocious students and adults have strengths and relative
weaknesses; they also reveal vast differences in their passion for different
pursuits and their drive to achieve. Because they do not possess multipotentiality, we must take a multidimensional view of their individuality. When done, it predicts well long-term educational, occupational, and creative outcomes.”
02:00 What’s going on in Germany?
14:00 Stephen Kotkin on Xi’s China, Putin’s Russia
18:00 Merve Emre’s book on Myers-Briggs
24:00 From Terman to Today: A Century of Findings on Intellectual Precocity
1:02:00 Tablet: No More ADL
1:12:00 NYT: Putin Is Starting to Do What Won Him a War 7 Years Ago
1:15:00 RS: The Tower of Babel and the hubris of empire
1:53:00 Elliott Blatt joins
These videos were streamed live via my iPhone.
