Years ago, there was a young musician in the Bay Area who made a living giving banjo lessons. Each of his students came on a certain day of the week. One evening, however, the teacher was waiting and waiting for someone to show up for a lesson. No one did. This puzzled the teacher, who […]
Have you ever debated football strategy while watching a game? I suspect you never debated it quite the way David Romer did in 2005. Romer, an economist at UCal Berkeley, studied fourth-down situations to see whether teams should punt as often as they do. He concluded that teams should go for it more often. A […]
“It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about? — Henry David Thoreau (Note: Today’s post contains two items about use of time. The first concerns how time is spent specifically at practice. The second refers more generally to life.) What do you suppose are the […]