Each week I ask people to come up with topics for me to blog about. Below is a list of things I think might make good blog posts, so if you are interested in them let me know!
- People are unbelievable hypocrites Episode 1 (Michael Jackson vs Bill Cosby)
- What influences led to me never having a normal 9-5 job?
- Nothing makes me more angry than police brutality and how our society handles it and protects officers who are obviously guilty.
- How can such strong personalities such as Magnus Carlsen and other top chess players, perform for an organization as blatantly corrupt as FIDE?
- I’ll puke if I see another person proselytize about how important it is to constantly fail
- How it drives me crazy when anyone uses “I’m too old” as an excuse for almost anything.
- Is Crossfit a Cult?
- Why do people cheat (even when it seems that nothing is at stake)?
- How idiotic it is for anyone to try and claim that a minority group doesn’t face discrimination/persecution, despite not being part of that group.
- The most brilliant street beggar I’ve ever met
- Various strategies/ideas in Online Dating
- The very concept of an autograph is absurd.
- Why exactly did I rarely exercise for over 30 years and then become obsessed with working out after starting Crossfit?
- U.S. Chess tournaments are not fun
- Misplaced hero worship of outrageously rich people
- Extremely minor obstacles can be a big impediment to progress, and are important to take seriously.
- How to tell when someone is basically full of crap: list of some famous examples.
- Some similarities between Hearthstone and chess/poker
- I HATE grammar police. I really think you are very annoying and need to stop it and I can write a whole blog post about you.
- Believing irrational things can be useful (especially in competitive environments)
- How I somehow managed to sing in front of Simon Cowell.
- Learning to play poker at a high level is probably one of the most educational things a young child could do.
- What’s necessary for a very young child to be on the trajectory to becoming one of the best chess players in the world?
- When is it a good idea to stereotype people based on their gender and race?
- My experience as a consultant in a federal court case about whether “poker was a skill based game”.
- All of the obvious ways that technology bring us closer together and how people are insane for pretending that technology/the Internet drives us apart.
- If you are on an escalator either walk or get out of my way! (I think I could somehow write an entire blog post about this)
