Living in the Time of Covid
Oh yeah. That Covid thing is still around. And in the US, itâs getting worse again because it never went away as much as our magical thinking hoped it did.
Iâm an optimistic worrier (like Madeleine Albright, who explores that concept with Tim Ferriss in this wonderful podcast that I listened to while running in loops around my 40 acres.)
This morning I read Joanne Wilsonâs post Where Are We Going? and nodded my head up and down all the way through it. She starts off with âThere is so much change going on that it is hard to pinpoint where we are going? One thing is for sure, we are chartering new territories.â Then, she covers COVID-19, Trumpâs Tulsa Rally, Protests, Facebook, Hydroxychloroquine, Juneteenth, Boltonâs book, Voting day as a holiday, the Senate, Healthcare, Consumption behavior, anger, incompetence and wraps it up with
âThere is no doubt we are living in a changing world but the bigger question is âwhere are we going?â
Yup. All those same things are wandering around inside my brain.
And then CovidTennis. Djokovic thought playing unprotected and horsing around was a good idea. Heâs not the only one. It will be informative to learn how well athletes recover from Covid and if there are any lasting downstream effects. Generally, Iâm a big Joker fan, but câmon.
If you are looking for podcasts to listen too, following are a pair from Brian Hollins, a founding board member of BLCK VC.
The first is one with me where Brian is the interviewer titled Brad Feld (Foundry Group) on never having âfake daysâ, how to be a better ally, the impact of second order effects, and the failure of warning systems to warn you when they are failing.
The other is from The Full Ratchet and is an interview with Brian titled Breaking into VC; Excelling at Goldman Sachs; and the Origin of BLCK VC (Brian Hollins).
Brian did a great job with both of them.