Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/my-favorite-food-in-chicago-d28f55ea5c8c] on Medium on December 20. 2018 Hipsters might only know how to imitate fun, and price up Champion sweatshirts, but they are pretty good at keeping local food places open. For the last year and a half, I’ve split my time
Originally published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/the-overton-window-martyr-9dbb731b5c97] on Medium on December 16. 2018 Curt Flood was a solid outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals between 1956 and 1969. Flood fashioned a respectable career OPS of .732 in almost 7,000 plate appearances while winning 7 Gold Gloves for his
Originally Published on December 15, 2018 View at Medium.com [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/why-butler-should-have-fouled-in-a-tie-game-1bedd7b405d6] Indiana just beat Butler on this absurdly lucky 35-foot heave. (Broken Link) Phinisee should have never been allowed to get that shot off…because Butler should have fouled IU. Here’s the situation and
Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/howd-my-2016-basketball-recruiting-predictions-turn-out-7a096401418b] on November 28, 2018 Based off of in-depth scouting, combined with some advanced stats stuff I did at Stanford, I tweeted out lists the last two years of players I thought would significantly outperform their recruiting rankings. Below are the tweets. I’
Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/why-free-solo-is-so-riveting-3d41d4351309]on Medium on November 10, 2018 El Capitan, courtesy of UnsplashThere has been almost universal acclaim forFree Solo,Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Vesarhelyi’s stunning documentary. The film follows climbing genius Alex Honnold’s attempt at the first ever “free solo” (climbing
Originally published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/who-controls-what-f6732d42b10a] on September 14, 2018 I’ve lived in two of the most “elite” zip codes in the US (Palo Alto and Bucktown/Lincoln Park in Chicago), in rural Iowa, and in the normie haven of Indianapolis. There are cultural differences between these
Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/where-are-the-landmarks-af9a04b7e531] on Medium on August 17, 2018 Why aren’t streets born after people born in the 20th century outside of MLK? I mean of course we aren’t going to name streets after the boomers but a street or two named after
Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/musings-on-reconciling-classical-liberalism-and-society-b04b5c664bc9] on Medium on August 17, 2018. Edited and cleaned up-believe I accidentally published this at the time. View at Medium.com [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/musings-on-reconciling-classical-liberalism-and-society-b04b5c664bc9] The genius of both capitalism and the broader classical liberal order that undergrid the modern
Originally published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/the-compliance-test-97333cbcdd2c] on Medium on August 17, 2018 Bryan Caplan and others have talked about how education is a signaling device for competence and compliance. I have noticed a compliance test that is beloved by folks in high status positions with low signal fidelity,
Originally Published on June 16, 2018 View at Medium.com [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/the-sinusoidal-nature-of-decisions-and-their-consequences-cc29bd5725cf] A sin Wave [https://medium.com/p/cc29bd5725cf/share/twitter?source=post_actions_footer---------------------------] [https://medium.com/p/cc29bd5725cf/share/facebook?source=post_actions_footer---------------------------] The result of many decisions seems to follow a
Originally published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/computational-irreducibility-e5417ed53e31] on Medium on May 9, 2018 Path Discovery I have recently become fascinated by the study of complex systems. The Santa Fe Institute and the New England Complex Systems Institute in particular produce some great writing. One key idea that has emerged
Originally published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/the-unreachable-present-and-the-death-of-teleology-1813d365103c] on Medium on February 12, 2018 The Unreachable Present and the death of Teleology I haven’t met many optimistic people lately. The worldview of the average American (or those I interact with at least) veers more and more towards that of
