- Work related. On my current contract, I'm a ghost...I literally work 15 minutes a day if that and still collect a paycheck. This is not a good feeling. On-boarding during COVID environment is....interesting. I'm also put on to a workstream where the machine is already running real smooth. What do they even need me for? ...oh well. I have a performance review beginning March and I'm going to make the case for being put somewhere else. I volunteered to help our firm with contract proposals in March lol this is something I never do and ranted about before in my journal. However, I stopped looking at this from a "they want free labor out of me" perspective and instead into "I can use this to build my writing skills through collecting feedback because maybe I want to blog or write freelance one day." This could also help me meet others ...virtually. Creating these networks is going to be useful if I'm ever let go. I always get the feeling I'm on some list to be laid off lol. Way back in the day I used to freelance for SeekingAlpha and developed a small following before I abandoned the effort.
Too relatable: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatl ... le/382121/
- Still managing two losing positions MAC & NOK when I jumped into the short-squeeze mania fray. Lesson learned - I strayed away from my normal investing strategy/methodology and got burned. Not a coincidence.
- Started planting finally! I've started cabbage indoors.
- Reading an abridged version of Das Kapital by Karl Marx and Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti. The former is a tough read so far and I'm reading it slowly. The latter is very interesting already two chapters in. Have also watched a bit of YouTube lectures from Richard Wolff and Noam Chomsky. These names have all opened up a new world I haven't been really exposed to before.
- Learned what a Steel Man Argument is...
The steel man argument (or steelmanning) is the exact opposite of the straw man argument. The idea is to help your opponent to construct the strongest form of their argument. This may involve removing flawed assumptions which could be easily refuted, for example, so that you produce the best argument for the "core" of your opponent's position.