People born in the 1980s were the last generation to experience life without the Internet. Why is that interesting? Because since then, increasingly, life lived on the Internet has shaped behavior. When the young man was talking crap to Mike Tyson and got punched in the face, in many ways that is emblematic of life… Continue reading The problem with the Internet
Month: May 2025
Winning Titles and Having Fun Doing It: Barça 2024-25
In August 2024, I was sure that Barça was a decent team. You couldn’t convince me otherwise because the squad list included players like Pedri, Robert Lewandowski, and Ronald Araujo. These are players that would walk into most starting 11s on the planet, after all. Given recent domestic success—a league title in 2022-23, runners up… Continue reading Winning Titles and Having Fun Doing It: Barça 2024-25
Barcelona, defined by audacity, is on the cusp
Kids. In trying to figure out why Hansi Flick’s Barça is like it is, maybe that’s the answer. Kids. In an interview, Dani Olmo said that the young Barça players make the locker room like a party. Because what else would kids do? Being sensible is for grownups, and there is plenty of time for… Continue reading Barcelona, defined by audacity, is on the cusp