Padel is the next big thing Everyone in the United States is playing Pickleball. Everyone! Yet I think a sport that is fairly new to the United States, padel, is set to eclipse the growth rate of pickleball. Padel is a sport that looks like a combination of tennis, pickleball,
On Trustworthiness Trust is finicky. It can be gained, lost, and faked. Perhaps no skill matters more than the ability to know who to trust, how much to trust them, and for how long. Knowing if someone is telling the truth, or not, is one function of trust. Just as
As many of you know, my brothers set out on a journey 5+ years ago: to create a niche farming brand. Acorn Bluff Farms [https://acornblufffarms.com/], following in the footsteps of Thistledown Farms, [http://www.tdfarmsllc.com/] our cattle business with less branding but an avid local following in
Suburb always felt weird to me. Disquieting, weird, just WRONG. I couldn’t place my finger on why until I really began to dig in. Not only are suburbs missing almost every element that I’ve identified as necessary for making someone feel at home, [https://jaredtodd.com/2020/03/
In the town I grew up in in Iowa, there was a rutted, bumpy, unmarked dirt path across a cornfield that had been used as a shortcut to Highway 61 south of town since I was young. It was called the “Cow Path” and saved a good 5 minutes off
Subsidies are hated by most every economist. Economists believe subsidies distort markets and reward dollars to inefficient projects. The 30% solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) is often decried [https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/wind-and-solar-tax-credits/] by oil and gas think tanks, libertarians, and pure market economists. Read this quote from what
Pandemics are deflationary. A demand shock happens before a supply shock. It takes times for supply chain disruptions to be felt, but people stop buying immediately. A good portion of what we buy is discretionary. Entertainment, travel-these are dollars that do not have to be spent. Food must be purchased,
Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/rules-for-feeling-at-home-2278a6b284ee] on November 24, 2019 While traveling, I’ve tasked my free headspace with discovering the hidden algorithms (aka set of rules) that seem to govern the places that are both beautiful and in which I feel at home. Barcelona. Old downtowns in
Originally published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/the-inherent-paradox-of-psychotherapy-c61ff7cf8d06] on Medium on June 2, 2019 Contemporary wisdom asserts that we are not evolving or moving towards or from a state. Our existence is a product of a random evolutionary process. The dynamic state of the world at large also renders many
Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/software-eats-design-next-e4cbaee4078e]on May 13, 2019 We’ve all heard it. “Software Is Eating The World” or so sayeth Marc Andreessen. Andreesseen postulated in 2011 that as microprocessors allow us to automate more and more tasks, every business will eventually become a software business.
Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/the-prevailing-immigration-theory-of-californians-525de0a5959] on April 17, 2019 I’ve spent part of the last week arguing on Twitter with a couple of Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) proponents on Twitter. They neglect many of the possibly good argument for their stance, resorting instead to a
Originally published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/the-ghost-in-the-collective-machine-d3f0d581cbe9] on February 27, 2019 Descartes talked a lot about dualism-how our minds and bodies are intertwined yet separate, with the mind hypothetically taking precedence over the body. Here’s Wikipedia on themind-body [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_problem]
Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/real-pork-4bdc595b4b42] on February 25, 2019 My brothers have started a farm in Columbus Junction, my hometown, about 45 minutes south of Iowa City.They are raising local meat that is as high of quality as any pork in the world. Their farm,Acorn
Originally published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/the-next-wave-of-tech-is-all-about-local-f574f8bf3233] on February 21, 2019 I grew up in a hyper local environment, in small town Columbus Junction, Iowa, population 1,899 (with its two suburbs, Fredonia, and Columbus City, the population of CJ is closer to 2,300). My dad was the
Originally Published [https://medium.com/@jared_todd/high-job-satisfaction-137c1203f7e4] on December 28, 2018 When you meet a person or business who is very well paid, doesn’t have to work many hours, and generally loves their job and its benefits, there are three possibilities. Remember these before you get too jealous.
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,