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https://www.amazon.com/Gang-Leader-Day-Sociologist-Streets/dp/014311493X

True story, that's how it worked in the Robert Taylor homes. The gang leaders, building managers, and police had an uneasy truce.

If someone did some stupid shit that was out of line, the gang leaders would make sure to quietly rat out the perpetrator via the building crew.

I'm pretty sure that the recent rise in random street violence is directly related to the breakup/gentrification of the project homes. It's no different from the mafia or yakuza - once the central power is broken up, there are lots of low level thugs scrambling for money/power and nobody to keep them in line.

NEVER FORGET - the way he was used by the military for propaganda, how they burned his uniform and journal, how they lied about and covered up his death by friendly fire.

https://www.amazon.com/Where-Men-Win-Glory-Odyssey/dp/030738604X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgU6SwuZJIY

Big ups to his brother for calling out the bullshit at his funeral.

William Dunham has a great book,Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics, about this.

Why they were so happy when NFL player Pat Tillman joined up and became a ranger. Also why they covered up his death being from friendly fire. Read Where Men Win Glory. It's a great book

If anyone wants to dive deep into just how corrupt NBA officiating is, read this book.. Fun read. My attitude towards the NBA totally changed after reading. NBA is the most corrupt major sports body after FIFA IMO.

There's also this funny compilation from 2013 when it was painfully obvious the league and officials were doing everything they could to get the Lakers into the playoffs.

I had a similar revelation about severe weather over the ocean a few years ago when I read whatsit that had a big part of the story as survival at sea.

Unbroken is the book/movie I'm thinking of, though there are many other stories about sailing/etc that include rain at sea. For some reason it never "clicked" until I read that one in particular.

Some facts of life:

• You'll always be your own worst critic. You'll always notice things that you did wrong that other people won't pick up on. This is the other side of the Dunning-Kruger effect, and it typically gets worse the better you get.
• Practicing for 15 minutes in a stretch is OK. There's a cult of practice, where more is considered better, which isn't a bad thing, but it needs to be effective practice. Learn to recognize that you're beating yourself up and take a break, it'll make things more enjoyable and you'll get more out of it. You'll also slowly build stamina over time, as well.
• Foster a growth mindset, not a fixed one. I can tell from your post that you see yourself as either being good at the violin, or not, instead of seeing it as a skillset that you slowly get better at. People with a fixed mindset tend to break when they fail at certain tasks, because they view it as proof that they they do not have an ability, while people with a growth mindset recover more quickly because they see failure as a necessary part of the learning process. (The book Art of Learning is very good and goes into this topic.)
• It's okay to take a break from practicing the violin, or even stop. Most of all, music should be fun. Don't do something you hate, and it's okay to take a break until you figure out if it's something you really want to do.

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Totally true! Read What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength https://www.amazon.com/dp/1623366909/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_LiRpCbX4D78KQ

Herschel has some serious mental health issues, dating from way back. I'm not terribly surprised he's thrown his hat in with the GOP.

https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Free-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder/dp/1416537503

Here's the official summary of his book being sold on Amazon:

>In Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer draws on Tillman’s journals and letters, interviews with his wife and friends, conversations with the soldiers who served alongside him, and extensive research on the ground in Afghanistan to render an intricate mosaic of this driven, complex, and uncommonly compelling figure as well as the definitive account of the events and actions that led to his death. https://www.amazon.com/Where-Men-Win-Glory-Odyssey/dp/030738604X

Why are you such a proudly ignorant asshole? The only reason these investigations fucking happened you ignorant shit was because the family was questioning the inconsistencies and because they didn't back down they exposed the real story. Seriously, did you know anything about this topic before coming into this thread?

https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Loathing-Las-Vegas-American/dp/0679785892

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>>>>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a 1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents. The story follows its protagonist, Raoul Duke, and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they descend on Las Vegas to chase the American Dream through a drug-induced haze, all the while ruminating on the failure of the 1960s countercultural movement. The work is Thompson's most famous book, and is noted for its lurid descriptions of illegal drug use and its early retrospective on the culture of the 1960s. Its popularization of Thompson's highly subjective blend of fact and fiction has become known as gonzo journalism.

I had a partner at my first job tell me something that helped. She said that very little that you screw up can't be fixed. Like a statute of limitations. I was at a firm that loved to blow deadlines and file a motion for leave to file instanter. Courts always grant it. Better to file a motion in advance, of course, but this is what we did when we needed a day or two from an appellate court.

Lawyers are human and we all make mistakes. You try not to make them but it happens.

Thing is to learn from mistakes and never make the same one twice. Josh Waitzkin, the subject of the book/movie searching for bobby fisher wrote this book where he says the same thing:

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Learning-Journey-Optimal-Performance/dp/0743277465

Check out: Gang Leader for a Day: https://www.amazon.com/Gang-Leader-Day-Sociologist-Streets/dp/014311493X -- the dealers don't make much money at all. They are kickin' the money to people up the food chain.

I just read What Doesn't Kill You by Scott Carney. I thought it was a pretty good book about the WHM and some of the real world results he has seen.

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/What-Doesnt-Kill-Environmental-Conditioning/dp/1623366909

This is a good book about the basic history of math. I had to read it for an undergraduate elective but ended up liking it very much because it gave me a new appreciation for all the amazing discoveries that you're asking about. The book is short and concise and reads like a popular science book rather than a textbook.

Some of the ancient mathematicians had genius brains that just work differently than common brains. And others spent a lot a lot a lot of time carefully drawing and measuring and calculating. Same as doing a long division problem these days on paper instead of using a calculator--more time-consuming but still doable.

this is from top review on amazon

"By the end of the book you too may question whether the NBA is a professional sports league where the best-of-the-best come together to compete against one another on the national and world stage or simply a league of teams brought together for entertainment and profit generating purposes not much unlike the WWE."

https://www.amazon.com/Personal-Foul-First-Person-Account-Scandal/dp/061536263X

This is not as much to learn math than to understand the beauty of it: Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics

Check out The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin its really good. I got introduced to him by Tim Ferris Show, you can check that too, huge variety and you might find something usefull

for people genuinely interested in this, i recommend this book:

The Art of Learning

the author is someone who grandmastered two different competitive sports - Chess and Tai Chi grappling. he goes into the similarities that all competitive games share (for example aggressive vs conservative players, psychological strategy and self-awareness being more important at higher skill levels, etc) and it's one of the more valuable books i've read.

Did John Fetterman ever publish a ghost written book about his struggles with Multiple Personality Disorder? Nope.

However... Herschel "Werewolf" Walker sure as hell did.

https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Free-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder/dp/1416537503

here ya go - make sure you get your Xmas order in there!

Or that he wrote a book about having Dissociative Identity Disorder! Wonder which personality we're gonna get today from our Senator? He doesn't even know himself! Might as well roll the dice.

I mean, I feel bad for him, but my god, I don't want him in charge of me.

https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Free-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder/dp/1416537503

His severe and documented mental health issues is the subtitle of his book (dissociative identity disorder) https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Free-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder/dp/1416537503?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=c25187b2-3081-4c2b-b61c-3f25cf47a847

You can read his Book: Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder

I truly do not understand why no one is running attack ads based solely on the fact that he is severely mentally ill, with dozens of personalities, who tried to kill his wife, and which he wrote an entire book about.

Why are we even talking about an abortion, or jokes about trans teens, when he is literally mentally ill.

i gotta think the NBA has bot/shill accounts to give this same response whenever i bring up the terrible officating. there are plenty of calls that we can all get right in real-time (not replays) that the refs get wrong. plenty of instances where you know a team that is down is going to get more favorable whistles in a series. i don't know how you can be a sports fan and not see that the NBA has the worst officiating in sports and it's not close. the NFL isn't great but there is way more going on and a way way more complicated rulebook.

i've been an NBA fan since the late 90s/early 2000s, and we definitely did not have high definition cameras everywhere, and it was still easy to tell in real-time when a ref fucked up. it is the same today.

Listen to The Whistleblower Podcast or read Tim Donaghy's book <em>Personal Foul</em>, and let me know if you still have the same opinion.

These are great thoughts; thank you everyone. I've been fascinated with the progression of development. Skills that, at first, require all of my concentration, are beginning to happen automatically. Which then frees up more "mind space" (concentration/awareness) to focus on a new thing. And then when that one becomes unconsciously proficient, more space appears to focus on the next thing.

This is a well-documented phenomenon, noted here, on Wikipedia, and perhaps my favorite of all time, Josh Waitzkin's Art of Learning. This is a must-read for anyone who remotely enjoys a conversation like this thread.

All the practice seems to lead to an ability to be very proficient while only thinking of one aspect (like the target). Give me a few more decades, and I'll report back!

While I don't doubt that football injuries haven't helped his situation any, in his case, by his own admission, he suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which was definitely not caused by football. In fact, he's literally written a book on it.

I think Josh Watzkin layed this dichotomy out pretty well in his book &quot;The art of learning&quot;. Basically you want to get the basics and fundamentals so ingrained in you that you can use your conscious mind to think of strategies and execute them with your subconscious. (Very rough summary of his work + I'm drunk)

Herschel Walker wrote a book about his mental disorder; he has DID. Imagine voting for the guy from Split, "Oh, that wasn't me it was Patricia".

The book he wrote: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Free-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder/dp/1416537503/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VRN9OVSTF35X&amp;keywords=Herschel+walker+book&amp;qid=1655740029&amp;sprefix=herschel+walker+book%2Caps%2C77&amp;sr=8-1