1. Evolving the Game
I don't even watch pro basketball any more, but I'm fascinated by what Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are accomplishing. These articles (It's a Point Guard's Game and The Golden State Warriors Have Revolutionized Basketball) give an idea how the game is evolving and it's kind of cool.
"When the NBA added the lines in 1979, the players weren't sure what to think. They sniffed and pawed at them like cats with a new toy. Only 3% of the shots they put up that season were 3-pointers."
"Over the next three decades, that number crept higher. When it reached 22%, the growth curve flattened. It seemed that the sport had found its optimal ratio."
"Then the Golden State Warriors came along and blew that assumption to pieces."
"Team executives saw the 3-point line as a market inefficiency and unleashed Stephen Curry to exploit it."
Golden State's coach, Steve Kerr, was in the right place at the right time to get a look at the future...
“Nash and the Suns helped open everyone’s minds, and from that, the creativity really took off,” said Golden State Coach Steve Kerr, who was the Phoenix general manager from 2007 to 2010. “Basketball has so many innovative minds. It was only a matter of time before every advantage of this era would be exploited.”
2. “We are dropping cyberbombs”
Looks like we are going on the cyber offensive with ISIS. Because ISIS is not a "state," (although, they hold a bunch of territory and would like to think of themselves as one) it's ok to use cyber offensive tools against them.
"While officials declined to discuss the details of their operations, interviews with more than a half-dozen senior and midlevel officials indicate that the effort has begun with a series of “implants” in the militants’ networks to learn the online habits of commanders. Now, the plan is to imitate them or to alter their messages, with the aim of redirecting militants to areas more vulnerable to attack by American drones or local ground forces."
3. The Last Frontier
Everyone is focused on the Middle East and Asia, but there is a pitched battle playing out in the arctic and the stakes are high.
"The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic holds a staggering 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil, approximately 90 billion barrels, as well as 30 percent of its natural gas, or about 1,669 trillion cubic feet."
I don't even watch pro basketball any more, but I'm fascinated by what Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are accomplishing. These articles (It's a Point Guard's Game and The Golden State Warriors Have Revolutionized Basketball) give an idea how the game is evolving and it's kind of cool.
"When the NBA added the lines in 1979, the players weren't sure what to think. They sniffed and pawed at them like cats with a new toy. Only 3% of the shots they put up that season were 3-pointers."
"Over the next three decades, that number crept higher. When it reached 22%, the growth curve flattened. It seemed that the sport had found its optimal ratio."
"Then the Golden State Warriors came along and blew that assumption to pieces."
"Team executives saw the 3-point line as a market inefficiency and unleashed Stephen Curry to exploit it."
Golden State's coach, Steve Kerr, was in the right place at the right time to get a look at the future...
“Nash and the Suns helped open everyone’s minds, and from that, the creativity really took off,” said Golden State Coach Steve Kerr, who was the Phoenix general manager from 2007 to 2010. “Basketball has so many innovative minds. It was only a matter of time before every advantage of this era would be exploited.”
2. “We are dropping cyberbombs”
Looks like we are going on the cyber offensive with ISIS. Because ISIS is not a "state," (although, they hold a bunch of territory and would like to think of themselves as one) it's ok to use cyber offensive tools against them.
"While officials declined to discuss the details of their operations, interviews with more than a half-dozen senior and midlevel officials indicate that the effort has begun with a series of “implants” in the militants’ networks to learn the online habits of commanders. Now, the plan is to imitate them or to alter their messages, with the aim of redirecting militants to areas more vulnerable to attack by American drones or local ground forces."
3. The Last Frontier
Everyone is focused on the Middle East and Asia, but there is a pitched battle playing out in the arctic and the stakes are high.
"The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic holds a staggering 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil, approximately 90 billion barrels, as well as 30 percent of its natural gas, or about 1,669 trillion cubic feet."
4. Poor Tiger Woods
Tiger will be back and he will beat Nicklaus's record.
"In the 1,303 days between his father's death and the fire hydrant, Tiger set in motion all those things, and when he can finally go back and make a full accounting of his life, he'll realize that winning the 2008 U.S. Open a year before the scandal, with a broken leg and torn ACL, was the closest he ever got to BUD/S. He could barely walk and he still beat everyone in the world. He won and has never been the same. The loneliness and pain tore apart his family, and the injuries destroyed his chance to beat Nicklaus and to leave fame behind and join the Navy. He lost his dad, and then his focus, and then his way, and everything else came falling down too."
5. Global For-Profit Schools
I'm not completely sure how to feel about this. On the surface it seems a little shady, but drilling down into the details you can see how the idea could be a good thing for the students attending and the businesses that set up the infrastructure.
"Investment firm GSV Advisors recently estimated the annual global outlay on education at $5.5 trillion and growing rapidly. Let that number sink in for a second - it's a doozy. The figure is nearly on par with the global health care industry, but there is no Big Pharma yet in education. Most of the money circulates with government bureaucracies."
Tiger will be back and he will beat Nicklaus's record.
"In the 1,303 days between his father's death and the fire hydrant, Tiger set in motion all those things, and when he can finally go back and make a full accounting of his life, he'll realize that winning the 2008 U.S. Open a year before the scandal, with a broken leg and torn ACL, was the closest he ever got to BUD/S. He could barely walk and he still beat everyone in the world. He won and has never been the same. The loneliness and pain tore apart his family, and the injuries destroyed his chance to beat Nicklaus and to leave fame behind and join the Navy. He lost his dad, and then his focus, and then his way, and everything else came falling down too."
5. Global For-Profit Schools
I'm not completely sure how to feel about this. On the surface it seems a little shady, but drilling down into the details you can see how the idea could be a good thing for the students attending and the businesses that set up the infrastructure.
"Investment firm GSV Advisors recently estimated the annual global outlay on education at $5.5 trillion and growing rapidly. Let that number sink in for a second - it's a doozy. The figure is nearly on par with the global health care industry, but there is no Big Pharma yet in education. Most of the money circulates with government bureaucracies."
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