In an excerpt from her recently published book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism, Kristen Ghodsee freely quotes from the works of the playwright and Fabian Socialist George Bernard Shaw to bolster her argument that capitalism is inherently sexist. The free market forces women to be reliant upon men, wrote Shaw, turning sex into a virtual bribe for financial security. Based on Shaws analysis, Ghodsee concludes that capitalism makes slaves out of women who, under socialism, would supposedly be happy and free.

To say the least, citing Shaw is an odd choice if one is advocating for greater freedom and independence. An apologist for the worlds most brutal and oppressive dictators, Shaw had a passionate hatred for liberty, writing,

Mussolini, Kemal, Pilsudski, Hitler and the rest can all depend on me to judge them by their ability to deliver the goods and not by ... comfortable notions of freedom.

For Shaw, the goods could only be delivered if the people were bound in universal slavery to the state. This enslavement was necessary for the peoples welfare; most of the population were brutes who, when left to their own devices, could not fend for themselves and thus required the state to reorganize their lives for them.

In Shaws eyes, the pinnacle of civilization had been reached by the Soviet Union. During his 1931 pilgrimage to Stalins wonderland, Shaw was given a glimpse of what he referred to as a land of hope. He denied that the regime had imprisoned significant numbers of political dissidents, describing the gulags as popular vacation destinations. From what I gather, they can stay there as long they like, he said.

Shaw also advocated for a far-reaching eugenics program.

Thats not to say he was willfully ignorant of Stalins atrocities. Rather, he defended them. Blindly accepting Communist propaganda, Shaw argued that the dictator was forced to organize mass executions to keep the country safe from exploiters and speculators. Mass murders were also necessary to maintain a competent workforce. As Shaw wrote in 1933, the unfortunate Commissar must shoot his own workers so that he might the more impressively ask the rest of the staff whether they yet grasped the fact that orders are meant to be executed.

But killing the disobedient and inefficient was only the first step in building a better society. Shaw also advocated for a far-reaching eugenics program. [I]f we desire a certain type of civilization and culture, he wrote, we must exterminate the sort of people who do not fit into it. This included a whole range of defectives.

In a 1931 newsreel, he excitedly echoed Nazi sentiment, stating,

If you cant justify your existence, if youre not pulling your weight ... then clearly, we cannot use the organizations of society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us and it cant be of very much use to you.

But his murderous impulses didnt stop there. A considerable number of people, Shaw argued in 1948, will never toe the line and are therefore no use to the rest of society. [T]he ungovernables, the ferocious, the conscienceless, the idiots, the self-centered myops and morons, what of them? he asked rhetorically. Do not punish them. Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill them.

Though many early 20th century intellectuals were enamored with eugenics, arguably none were as committed to the wholesale slaughter of millions as George Bernard Shaw. For decades, Shaw was a staunch proponent of genocide, refusing to soften his views even after the full horror of the Nazi death camps was brought to light. And yet, there are many leftists today who continue to look to Shaw for political wisdom.

Writing for The Irish Times, Fintan OToole declares The world has never needed George Bernard Shaw more. Employing a fittingly violent metaphor, OToole lauds the way in which Shaw trained his machine gun-like personality on the pieties of Victorian imperial patriarchy.

Socialists have not only been willing to ignore the bigots and authoritarians in their midst but have gone so far as to embrace them.

Like Kristen Ghodsee, OToole praises Shaw for his polemics against gender inequality and the tyranny of family life. No mention is made of his fondness for eugenics. Other writers have taken to Shaws defense, admitting he sometimes said distasteful things but ultimately brushing off his more extreme statements as mere satire. However, given that Shaws penchant for promoting totalitarianism carried on for decades, its difficult to believe there was anything satirical about it. His bloodthirsty political philosophy seems to be have been all too genuine.

Nonetheless, Shaw was also a steadfast critic of capitalism and Victorian social values. His fiery denunciations of wealth inequality and traditional sexual morality resonate well with modern progressives. For them, an individuals adherence to socialist orthodoxy is enough to absolve him of almost any crime.

From the relatively quiet and respectable anti-semitism of Ilhan Omar to the brutal and homicidal radicalism of Che Guevara, socialists have not only been willing to ignore the bigots and authoritarians in their midst but have gone so far as to embrace them. And few have been more adored than that eccentric playwright and unapologetic Stalinist George Bernard Shaw.

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This decade could very well be when EVs start to take hold, and news like Ford's latest European announcement make it seem more plausible each day. On Wednesday, the Blue Oval said its entire vehicle lineup in Europe will be completely electric come 2030. Even before then, Ford promised a "zero-emissions-capable" portfolio by 2026, meaning the company will offer electric cars and plug-in hybrids that will make zero-emissions trips possible around town.

Roadshow confirmed with Ford this isn't a wider interpretation of the phrase "all-electric," and a spokesperson underscored, "By 2030, all passenger vehicles will be all electric" in Europe.

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The move to EVs won't only affect personal vehicles, but also Ford's commercial vehicle business in Europe, too. We already got a taste of what's to come on that front with the E-Transit, but there's more to come. By 2024, Ford Europe's commercial vehicle lineup will also consist of plug-in hybrids or EV options. That zero-emissions-capable phrase came up again, hinting we'll still see some traditional engines involved, at least on the commercial vehicle side of things.

All of it revolves around a $1 billion investment in Ford's plant in Cologne, Germany, where the current facility will transform into an electric vehicle manufacturing hub. For now, all we know is Ford will build a Europe-specific EV at the plant starting in 2023 and it'll ride on Volkswagen's MEB platform. The two operate a strategic alliance that could open the door to another VW-based Ford EV as well.

The EV era isn't specific to Europe for Ford, though. Earlier this month, CEO Jim Farley said the automaker will double its investment in electric cars to $22 billion. It comes as EVs remain a tiny sliver of all new cars sold, but with coming emissions regulations and increasing calls to confront climate change, automakers are starting to get their portfolios into gear.

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In my previous post about blockchain and cryptocurrency, I discussed why I thought Tesla was making such a substantial investment in Bitcoin and allowing the cryptocurrency to be used for car purchases in the future. The balance of its revenue stream, which comes from selling surplus Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), will dry up in the next several years as competing automakers can produce their own Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) and build up their own RECs with states that require them.

Allowing its customers to purchase vehicles entirely or partially with Bitcoin is potentially one way of differentiating Tesla from other auto manufacturers. But this in and of itself is not a sustainable business strategy.

Perhaps Elon Musk has another, even wilder business plan for Tesla over the long-term -- a plan just as crazy ambitious as building giant reusable space rockets that can land on their tails.

Besides cars, Tesla's other significant business involvessolar panels, solar roofs, and batteries. The batteries are used in their cars and provide power storage for their residential solar systems, sold as theTesla Powerwall.

In most states where residential solar is installed, surplus energy from the arrays can be fed back into the grid where the local power company will "net meter"or prorate a customer's electric bill based on what they generate into or draw from the system. Based on a customer's consumption and how much a solar system produces, there will be a surplus or a deficit.

Powerwalls can store that surplus energy and power various things in your home, including air conditioners, and charge your Tesla EV.

But suppose Tesla added a capability to its on-premises solar energy/battery energy management computer built into its inverter system or the Powerwall that would give it GPUs for mining cryptocurrencies? These are already connected to home Wi-Fi. They have a management app, so upgrading it with Wi-Fi 6 and attaching it to a cryptocurrency network and an easy-to-use mobile app for cryptocurrency account management would be an achievable systems integration effort for Tesla, given the company's considerable engineering resources.

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It would then be possible for your home to become the ultimate idle money-producing game --- you would generate actual Bitcoins with the surplus energy your solar system makes. That might be more lucrative than getting the net metering discount from your power company, which is not incentivized to be price competitive with your solar system's energy output, as most of these companies are paying Time-Of-Use (TOU) pricing for your power generation.

If you have a large enough solar array and you live in a state with plenty of sunshine -- and assuming Tesla comes up with an easily expandable, modular design (perhaps even as an add-on product for Powerwall) -- you could add a whole chain of these GPUs to your solar computer and make a decent amount of crypto.

That makes the prospect of installing solar in your home a lot more attractive if you figure the Tesla roof, on average, will cost $50,000 to $75,000, not counting government tax incentives.

All Tesla needs is a simple app interface to point and click which cryptos you want to mine, API integration with a currency exchange for cash conversion, and, presto, everyone with a solar roof is in the crypto business.

To execute this plan, Tesla would need a power-efficient GPU that requires minimal cooling (perhaps fanless, or even water-cooled). If these GPUs are colocated with the Inverter/Powerwall, they would have to operate in environments that could get as hot as inside a garage during summer months or inside a housing mounted on the outside of your home, unless they are physically networked and placed inside the house and tied into the Inverter or Powerwall's power distribution system.

Where would Tesla get such a thing? And why would the company suddenly decide to do this? The idea to use GPUs to mine cryptocurrency when its products are idle during a charge phase or generating surplus energy almost certainly arose during the development of its cars' autonomous driving feature and benchmarking the onboard computing hardware's capabilities.

In 2019, the company held an Autonomy Investor Day and claimed that it had switched from NVIDIA GPUs in its vehicles to chips of its own design in the model S, X, and Model 3 cars. At the time, the company's director of silicon engineering, Peter Bannon, stated:

So here's the design that we finished. You can see that it's dominated by the 32 megabytes of SRAM. There's big banks on the left and right and the center bottom, and then all the computing is done in the upper middle. Every single clock, we read 256 bytes of activation data out of the SRAM array, 128 bytes of weight data out of the SRAM array, and we combine it in a 96 by 96 small add array, which performs 9,000 multiply/adds per clock. At 2 gigahertz, that's a total of 3.6 -- 36.8 TeraOPS.

We had a goal to stay under 100 watts. This is measured data from cars driving around running a full autopilot stack. We're dissipating 72 watts, which is a little bit more power than the previous design, but with the dramatic improvement in performance, it's still a pretty good answer. Of that 72 watts, about 15 watts is being consumed running the neural networks.

In terms of costs, the silicon cost of this solution is about 80% of what we were paying before. So we are saving money by switching to this solution. And in terms of performance, we took the narrow camera neural network, which I've been talking about that has 35 billion operations in it, we ran it on the old hardware in a loop as quick as possible and we delivered 110 frames per second. And we took the same data, the same network, compiled it for hardware for the new FSD computer, and using all 4 accelerators, we can get 2,300 frames per second processed, so a factor of 21.

In 2021, the GPU used in Tesla's latest vehicles is even more ambitious. The newest Model S (and, supposedly, the X) EVs uses a custom AMD RDNA 2 GPU with 10 teraflops of computing power, which puts it on par with some of the most powerful console gaming systems on the market like the Sony PS5. With an onboard system like this, you wouldn't even need a GPU-equipped Powerwall; when the vehicle is being charged, it could be used to generate cryptocurrency as well.

So, Tesla certainly has plenty of experience with GPUs, but can it use them as a key differentiator from other automakers and solar technology companies like Enphase Energy, Samsung, LG, and Panasonic, the current market leaders in the solar space?

While sleeker and more tightly integrated,Tesla's solar roofis more expensive than competing solutions, and that's been hampering adoption. Its solar roof solution is currently only more competitive in scenarios where an entire roof has to be replaced.

Having a roof that generates income for the consumer when using surplus energy could be a significant selling point, mainly if a substantial portion of the cryptocurrency income could be applied to the financed cost of the solar panels or the payments on a Tesla vehicle. If it brings down the equivalent price of a Model S from $75,000 to $65,000 throughout a five-year finance term, or a $50,000 Model 3 to $40,000, that's a good incentive. It also makes a payoff of a $70,000 roof that much quicker of a return on investment, even if the GPU piece adds a few thousand dollars to the purchase price.

Tesla could also pro-rate the expense of the roofs (and the vehicles) by effectively leasing the GPUs' space in each home (or at commercial business where the roofs or solar cells are installed) and keep the balance of the crypto income for themselves.

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And if you bought that vehicle or that roof or panels in cash? That vehicle's GPU or the solar roof GPU stack (assuming you can add several just as you can with multiple Powerwalls) should be building assets for you that increase in value. Tesla shouldn't get to keep any of it.

However, instead of using the cryptocurrency generated by the systems to pay off fiat currency-based financing, it is more likely that it could be used to build up "credits" in an escrowed account Tesla would honor toward future purchases. Tesla itself would keep the cryptocurrency income, like Bitcoin, Dogecoin, or whatever instrument the GPUs generate -- but the consumer would have loyalty points accumulated. If a new car costs 100,000 loyalty points, and over five years, your roof and your vehicle generate 30,000, that could be used towards your next vehicle purchase -- locking you into that ecosystem.

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COURTESY OF RUDY MALCOM Phillip Yoon discusses how perspectives of tragedy are different for everyone during the pandemic.

University officials announced that Commencement will most likely be online. Although there is a possibility that the modality will change, it seems unlikely given the current severity of COVID-19. The virus has taken away many of our college experiences, but the one Ill miss the most is being able to walk on stage at graduation in front of my friends, parents and professors.

While its true that it is sad that we cannot walk on stage, I wondered, do we deserve to be sad about a mere ceremony when people are getting sick and dying because of the virus? Friedrich Nietzsche would tell us that we absolutely can.

In The Gay Science, when discussing his idea that there exists no objective world, Nietzsche writes, This mountain makes the landscape it dominates charming and significant in every way... Suddenly the mountain itself and the whole landscape around us, below us, have lost their magic. We have forgotten that some greatness, like some goodness, wants to be beheld only from a distance and by all means only from below, not from above; otherwise it makes no impression.

Nietzsche thought that the same object, such as the mountain, can be seen differently based on different viewpoints. He asserted that there is no objective world that exists without our perception of it. The world must have a layer of appearance or interpretation, a human contribution, in order to be seen and studied by human beings.

In other words, the world must be interpreted by humans to be seen by humans. This view is usually referred to as perspectivism, as our perspectives or the interpretation of the world are what drive our view of the world.

Lets apply this to our own beloved building Gilman Hall. We can look at it from many different places: in front of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, from the Levering Quad, etc. Although we would be looking at the same building from all these places, we would be seeing the same building differently. There does not exist one objective view of what the building is like.

There is another dimension to this which is important in understanding our COVID-19 struggles. Lets compare my experience and a newly admitted freshmans experience when looking at Gilman Hall. As I am finishing up my final year at Hopkins, I have spent many hours in Gilman Hall, so when I look at the building, Im reminded of the fond memories of attending lectures, interacting with professors and even the stressful memories of working on an essay right before its due.

When a newly admitted freshman looks at Gilman, however, they will not be reminded of these experiences. There does not exist one objective view of what to feel or be reminded of when we look at the building, as every single one of us would have different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

In the past year, we have seen many people lose jobs, lose homes, become sick, be hospitalized or even die. When you see media reports of people in dire situations and if you are able-bodied, have a home, have enough food, have a job and so forth, you may feel that your struggles are insignificant. After all, how can you struggle when other people have it worse?

Nietzsche would tell you that you actually can struggle. It is tragic that people are becoming sick and dying because of the virus, but that does not invalidate your struggles. Those people have their own struggles, and yet again come from their own backgrounds, experiences and perspectives so do you.

Yes, maybe it isnt objectively the worst thing that this milestone will be online. It is nonetheless still sad as I will never get any kind of concrete closure for my hard work and effort put into getting my Hopkins diploma. This is my experience.

To those who may say that there is no way that my struggles are as valid as the struggles who may be in a worse situation than me because of COVID-19, Nietzsche would say this: There is no reality for us not for you either, my sober friends.

Phillip Yoon is a senior majoring in Philosophy and Mathematics from Charlotte, N.C.

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The concepts of grief and loss are well-explored through art history. Take Picassos Guernica for example, where he channeled the grief and anger he felt over the bombing and virtual obliteration by the Nazis in 1937 of the small Spanish village for which the painting is named. It comes as little surprise then that an artist producing work in the middle of a global pandemic might be grappling with mortality. Devendra Banhart, an internationally renowned musician and painter, is one such artist.

The Grief I Have Caused You, open at Nicodim Upstairs until March 20th, is Banharts first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. This is something he says is a really big deal for him personally, after gaining more recognition as a musical artist. Music and art have run parallel throughout my career but the only time theyd meet was when I would paint an album cover, he told Observer. I havent really managed to have the art career that I always kind of wished I had in that, although Ive been doing them both for a similar length of time.

After losing two friends to COVID, Banhart found himself in a pattern of lengthy phone calls with others in his community looking for support. He would put these on speakerphone and started drawing portraits which then turned to paintings. I was turning to paint to work through the fear and work through the grief that I could process, he explained. Since I couldnt process it in some of the concrete ways that I would normally, like being able to go to a memorial. I saw how important it is for us to mourn collectively.

During this time Banhart, like many of us, started to feel guilty for finding enjoyment in painting while theres so much suffering. He worked to discover its okay to have fun, depersonalize his grief, and see beyond the grief to analyze the ways in which people have hurt him and the ways in which he has hurt others. The thing is there always is tremendous suffering and tremendous uncertainty but its never been so collective and so global, he says. Suddenly there are only so many things to distract yourself with. Banhart began painting the show at the beginning of lockdown last year and has just finished recently.

The result of this highly self-reflective and personal healing work takes shape as abstracted forms and shapes that are completely at peace in their absurdism. Eyes float in a non-hierarchical structure and objects like shoes and balls are woven within curved shapes and deep blues and purples. For an exhibition exploring grief during a time of despair, the work is joyously balanced, embracing grotesque figurations of comedy and tragedy. The Grief I Have Caused You captures the internal push-and-pull between grief and ecstasy, while deeply personal its universal.

Nietzsche says the snake which cannot cast its skin has to die and this shedding is uncomfortable and awful, Banhart explains. Art can be the vehicle towards that shedding. He hopes viewers will walk away from the exhibition with just the slightest cracking up, as humor can be a counterpoint turning grief into joy. Maybe its [the work] not a funny joke but its a joke and thats always nice.

As for Banharts own personal joy, hes looking forward to focusing more on music in the near future, as painting inspires him to explore that medium and vice versa. He also says he wants to be the person who talks to trees and plants more and always remembers the suffering of others. Forever changed by this still ongoing period of collective grief, The Grief I Have Caused You is his gut-wrenching and life-altering processing on canvas, currently open to the Los Angeles public by appointment.

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Amongst the thick forests and snowy summits, mountainous regions are proven to boost both physical and mental well-being. Altitude has known health benefits and the stunning scenery helps with decision-making and creativity. Here are just some of the reasons to go and reach great heights

At the foot of the Swiss Alps, Grgoire Millet, a physiologist at the Institute of Sports Science at the University of Lausanne (ISSUL), has devoted the last twelve years to studying the benefits of living in the mountains. After conducting extensive research on the positive effects of altitude training, this former triathlete has developed a new method of endurance training.

In 2015, during their preparations for the World Cup, the Welsh Rugby team tried out this new type of training developed in Switzerland. Whether athletes actually climb mountains or simply simulate the altitude from the ground, there is a definite benefit to their training.

Altitude stimulates the production of red blood cells in our body.

It stimulates the production of red blood cells in our body. As a result, more oxygen can be transported in our blood to tissues, muscles and even our brain. Grgoire Millet goes on to explain how living in the mountains or regularly climbing will boost physical well-being.

According to Millet, spending time at higher altitudes has a particular benefit for people who are ageing, obese or who suffer from circulatory problems. If they regularly stayed between 800 and 1800 metres they could significantly improve their health.

Living above 1300 metres massively reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers.

Living above 1300 metres massively reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers. Altitude is know to improve blood flow, but it can also help combat obesity. It has a positive impact on reducing hunger, due to its effect on the hormones responsible for controlling appetite and determining how full we feel.

Just like Nietzsche, I think the greatest ideas come to us whilst out walking! Taking inspiration from the German philosopher, often known to wander along the Cte dAzur, Thierry Malleret also does some of his best thinking in the great outdoors. For the past ten years the economist has swapped the hustle and bustle of big city life in London and New York, for the tranquility of South-Eastern France. Setting up his consulting agency in Haute-Savoie he finds hiking in Charmonix or skiing down mountains some of the best places to work.

In Japan, spending time in forests is actually prescribed to people as a form of preventative medicine. It is a type of therapy known as shinrin-yoku.

Thierry Malleret describes feeling so much more productive when I am outside. He believes we think better when we allow our mind to wander, whilst admiring the mountainous views.

Thierry Malleret is convinced: getting outside, either climbing mountains or simply being in nature, helps us make decisions and unleashes are creativity. In fact, he has even incorporated this belief into his business model. When business owners or members of multinational corporations come to me for advice, I recommend we take a walk through the mountains together.

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Climbing a mountain is a symbol of progress, moving onwards and upwards. In doing so we feel much more positive, something Thierry Malleret stressed about the influence of the outdoors on human beings. Nature is calming and it improves our mental health. In Japan, spending time in forests is actually prescribed to people as a form of preventative medicine. It is a type of therapy known as shinrin-yoku.

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Whether you love him or hate him, Golf Channels Brandel Chamblee makes good TV with his sharp opinions and willingness to criticize the best players in golf. In Part I of our latest Q&A, Chamblee discussed the struggles of Rickie Fowler and the winless drought of Tony Finau and we did a deep dive into the U.S. Ryder Cup and future options for the captaincy. You can read it here.

In Part II, Chamblee explains how hed change course setups, dishes on the distance debate and being on the other end of criticism, and why hes not afraid to take the contrarian view.

Golfweek: If you were Commissioner of the PGA Tour for the day, what would you change?

Brandel Chamblee: The first thing Id do is get rid of the top-50 exemption and then Id get rid of the top-25 exemption. Theres no place for safety nets in sports. Those take up spots. However many it is, its too many. It should be a merit-based sport.

Every time someone new pops up on our radar, like Will Zalatoris, everyone says it is great to see a new young player come along that seems to be fearless and, yes, I agree. But every time that happens, I think someone just lost their job. If Will Zalatoris comes along and you cant compete with him, you should lose your job. There should be no guarantees. Why does golf provide safety nets? No other sport does. You can go down to the minor leagues like the rest of the world does and fight your way back.

GWK: Thats your thing? You wouldnt change course setup or pick different courses?

BC: That would be the day after I take away those exemptions. Actually, itd be the same day because it would take me two minutes to say, Im sorry, those exemptions are over. That would be more difficult to do because youd have to go to a board and that board would have to present these and if I had autonomy, and I dont think the commissioner position works that way, but I might take a detour down to the course setup guys and say, the fairways have to be wider, the rough has to be thicker, but only in a certain number of events.

There are events where long tee balls and recovery shots from the rough is exciting. I get it. If I were running a Tour event 20 years ago, I wouldve cut the rough too. I would want Tiger and Phil to be in contention on Sunday and the best way to ensure that is to cut the rough because they drove it all over the place. I understand why they did it. But to identify the best player and for the best future of the game is to restore the value of finding fairways.

To do that you cant do what the USGA did at the U.S. Open. You cant do that with 1980s-width fairways and 1980s-height rough. Thats stuck in thinking from 40 years ago. You have to extrapolate to dispersion cones with 310 yard drives, which means the fairways need to be 5-6-7-8 yards wider but the rough has to also be 2-3-4 inches taller. You cant have the same width and height rough as you did in 1984 because guys didnt swing as hard and didnt come in as steep. The rough has to have a penalty to have a penalty of .5 as opposed to .2 or .3. You have to get the rough up to 4-5 inches and it needs to be thick and if it is 5-6 inches all the better.

But the fairways need to be wide enough to where the straightest drivers of the ball can find them so they can offset their disadvantage. That seems pretty straightforward to me. What else are you going to do?

GWK: Do you believe everything you say on air?

BC: (Laughs) Yeah. There are times when I change my mind, when I will think about it or come across information, but Ive sat in meetings before where someone has said if someone is going to say this can we get someone to speak to the other side of it, and on issues where Im sort of ambivalent Ill say, yeah, Ill take the other side. Happy to do it.

More often than not it, it doesnt work out that way. You want to speak to an issue 360 degrees. By the time I say something on the air, Ive thought about it, Ive researched it and thought of counters to it, but yeah, Ive certainly changed my opinion. Ive done it on the distance debate. I think you should constantly take your opinions out, kick em around, beat em with a broom, and see if they stand up to scrutiny. Ive tried to do that as often as I can. Ive done that with teaching, the golf swing, the putting stroke. Ive changed my view on a lot of things where Ive come across information that proved me to be wrong, informed me in a better way. Yeah, Ive said things on the air that I wouldnt say now, that I disagree with now, that I wish Id never said, but for the most part I try to be very, very careful about the words I use and the opinions I have.

GWK: What does your mailbox of feedback look like from viewers? What do you learn from it and whats the general pros and cons?

BC: We live in a very critical world now. Im not oblivious to criticism. Ive always said you should be able to be criticized and complimented and never feel any way about either of them. When criticism comes from the right people and the right sources, when its valid or there is a grain of truth to it and you can learn from it and I take it to heart. I certainly pay attention to critics whose opinions I value and dont have an ax to grind with my position on things. Its amazing, Ive gotten along with so many people in this game forever but the fact that I differ with them on the distance report, its almost like within the golf world youre voting for Trump or Biden.

People feel that passionately about the distance issue with the USGA and R&A. Im not sure I feel as adamantly against the rollback as people think I do. I just think that it seems that all the people that are in the architecture industry are for a rollback and I think the more difficult argument is why the game is better left alone.

I enjoy the more difficult argument. I enjoy trying to get to the bottom and to the truth of things but I tend to think that the most popular view doesnt have a great record on a lot of things. Its quite often wrong. So, I think, how is it wrong? I go and do research to discover if it is right or wrong, and try to figure a way to counter. Thats fun. Ive always said we make progress by disputation and argument. Thats why the First Amendment is so important and the cancel culture is so bad. When you make arguments, they are never perfectly formed. Ever. They are imperfectly formed. You state an opinion and inevitably someone will know something that you dont or think about it in a way that you dont and will point out the errors in your opinion and so you reconvene and you try to make a better opinion, a more informed opinion and you stumble towards your better self and your better ideas.

The Cancel Culture is so ready to hold people accountable for arguments that are not perfectly formed and not perfectly stated. Listen, theres no place in the world for racism and bigotry but in a world where people are preaching tolerance they should have some tolerance for people who make a mistake here or there for their phrasing of an argument. Thats why the First Amendment is so important. We should all take a deep breath.

Theres the idea of the straw man. The opposite should be the case. You should make a steel man out of your opponents arguments and ideas. You should try to formulate the most perfect idea of what someone is saying in the most perfectly stated verbiage to hold up their idea in its best essence and say I get what youre trying to say and how is it assailable, how is it wrong? Thats how you get better at everything.

GWK: If you could require every player on Tour to read one book, what would it be?

BC: I think the most important book Ive read in informing me is Guns, Germs and Steel written by Jared Diamond. If school kids were made to read it in school, ignorance, bigotry and prejudice would be gone. I can hardly think of a more important book to read. The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, every American should read that book. Those books right there just inform you about why man is the way he is, keep you on guard for the malevolence in men and gives you a great philosophical foundation to go learn, study or think about or talk about whatever you want to talk about.

Ive never come across anyone smarter than Friedrich Nietzsche. If I can get on a soap box for a minute, I think this generation feels entitled to be happy. I think thats a very dangerous thought. Friedrich Nietzsche has a great line that he who has a why to live can bear almost any how. If you have meaning in your life then you can deal with adversity and stumble towards your better self. Its a marvelous philosophical precept. No one deserves to be happy. If youre lucky, you can find something that gives meaning to your life, which will then allow you to be happy. Its not happiness. Its meaning, which allows you to deal with adversity. Adversity is everywhere. You deal with it every day in large and small capacities. Those are books that mean a lot to me.

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Global Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market presents insights on the current and future industry trends, enabling the readers to identify the products and services, hence driving the revenue growth and profitability. The research report provides a detailed analysis of all the major factors impacting the market on a global and regional scale, including drivers, constraints, threats, challenges, opportunities, and industry-specific trends. Further, the report cites global certainties and endorsements along with downstream and upstream analysis of leading players. The research report comes up with the base year 2020 and the forecast between 2020 and 2027.

Key players profiled in the report includes: Sensitech, Inc., ORBCOMM, Testo, Rotronic, ELPRO-BUCHS AG, Emerson, Nietzsche Enterprise, NXP Semiconductors NV, Signatrol, Haier Biomedical, Monnit Corporation, Berlinger & Co AG, Cold Chain Technologies, LogTag Recorders Ltd, Omega, Dickson, ZeDA Instruments, Oceasoft, The IMC Group Ltd, Duoxieyun, Controlant Ehf, Gemalto, Infratab, Inc., Zest Labs, Inc., vTrack Cold Chain Monitoring, SecureRF Corp., Jucsan, Maven Systems Pvt Ltd.

Cold Chain Monitoring is a logistics / supply chain monitoring solution that helps to track the perishable products, eatables and food items with assured freshness and palatability. It effectively uses predictive, descriptive and real time analytics along with near real time telemetry depending upon the business need to provide a complete solution across the fleet cycle. The global Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring market is expected to reach xxx Million USD by 2025, with a CAGR of xx% from 2020 to 2025.

Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Segmentation: The global market for Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring is set to find a segmentation in the report that would be based on type, and application. These segments have a better acceptance of various factors that can be taken into consideration to understand how the market can chart the future path.

Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Breakdown based on Product Type

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Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Breakdown based on Application

Food and Beverages Pharma & Healthcare Others

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Each segment of the global Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring market is extensively evaluated in the research study. The segmental analysis offered in the report pinpoints key opportunities available in the global Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring market through leading segments. The regional study of the global Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring market included in the report helps readers to gain a sound understanding of the development of different geographical markets in recent years and also going forth. We have provided a detailed study on the critical dynamics of the global Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring market, which include the market influence and market effect factors, drivers, challenges, restraints, trends, and prospects. The research study also includes other types of analysis such as qualitative and quantitative.

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Chapter 1. Research Objective 1.1 Objective, Definition & Scope 1.2 Methodology 1.2.1 Primary Research 1.2.2 Secondary Research 1.2.3 Market Forecast Estimation & Approach 1.2.4 Assumptions & Assessments 1.3 Insights and Growth Relevancy Mapping 1.3.1 FABRIC Platform 1.4 Data mining & efficiency

Chapter 2. Executive summary 2.1 Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Overview 2.2 Interconnectivity & Related markets 2.3 Ecosystem Map 2.4 Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Business Segmentation 2.5 Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Geographic Segmentation 2.6 Competition Outlook 2.7 Key Statistics

Chapter 3. Strategic Analysis 3.1 Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Revenue Opportunities 3.2 Cost Optimization 3.3 Covid19 aftermath Analyst view 3.4 Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Digital Transformation

Chapter 4. Market Dynamics 4.1 DROC 4.1.1 Drivers 4.1.2 Restraints 4.1.3 Opportunities 4.1.4 Challenges And more

Chapter 5. Segmentation & Statistics 5.1 Segmentation Overview 5.2 Demand Forecast & Market Sizing Global Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market by Product Type 2019 2027 Global Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market by Application 2019 2027

Chapter 6. Market Use case studies

Chapter 7. KOL Recommendations

Chapter 8. Investment Landscape 8.1 Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Investment Analysis 8.2 Market M&A 8.3 Market Fund Raise & Other activity

Chapter 9. Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Competitive Intelligence 9.1 Company Positioning Analysis 9.1.1 Positioning By Revenue 9.1.2 Positioning By Business Score 9.1.3 Legacy Positioning 9.2 Competitive Strategy Analysis 9.2.1 Organic Strategies 9.2.2 Inorganic Strategies

Chapter 10. Company Profiles

Chapter 11. Appendix

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Amar Patel who is a well-known name in the Nutritional Supplements manufacturing industry has effect carved a niche as an entrepreneur in the market. Amar Patel , oversees the strategic direction, Manufacturing Sourcing and Distribution. When Patel was just 19, he made the decision to leave his job and pursue the life of an entrepreneur. He said, I realized the only person that knows whats best for me and my future is me. Over the last 8 years, Amar has not only been into Nutritional Supplements manufacturing industry for the growth of the health, fitness but has also been managed to build a massively powerful network of contacts along the way which has led him to connect with some of the largest companies in the world.

It is rightly said Where there is a will, there is a way. To do anything, you have to be willing to do it in the first place. Which is when, as they say you will win half the battle . That will to do something would further lay out your objectives and the ways you can accomplish those objectives. Will is one thing which you must believe in, something that will further cement the importance of self motivation. When anyone is motivated to do something, they will be more committed to the task and will put all their efforts into it. It sounds easy when youre naturally motivated to do a good job, but when youre feeling demotivated, you need to remind yourself of the importance that commitment can have on your overall success.

If you want to achieve greatness, you need to stop asking for permission. This is why motivation is important in life because it stops asking questions and aligns you to work towards your goals. Goals are the stepping stones toward your dreams so in order to achieve them, you need motivation to keep you chugging along towards them says Amar.

Motivation is important for everyone. Motivation is important to live. We cant live our daily life happily without motivation. Motivation is the presence of purpose and desire to achieve daily life, career, and business goals. Just an example, Motivation helps us to get up early and become productive. He says, motivation builds determination to achieve something, like losing weight or securing a new job, and when you succeed, you feel happy with your results. So, if you continue to motivate yourself and set and achieve new goals, youll generally feel happier than you did before. And although success is the root of motivation, happiness is the underlying desire leading the motivation. So, to ensure that both your happiness and motivational levels are growing, set yourself small challenges and learn to be satisfied with gradual improvement.

When we are inspired, excited, getting more than expected results from something we get motivated. Such as its inspiring when you read stories and beliefs of successful people. Its inspiring when you see someone achieving something great and feeling happy. Thats the way we feel motivated and it helps us to achieve our own goals. So yes, I believe motivation is important for helping us achieve our goals. However, its more than being a productive employee because motivation is a feeling that comes and goes at any given moment. We may not always feel motivated to take action, thats ok. Take action anyway. The feeling of motivation may come back, it may not. Thats ok too.Motivation is innate within us and when were seeing clearly and aligned with our vision and values, it appears. Whatever you are feeling; you got this he quoted.

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The world is in a constant state of flux, and the same is true for us humans who are in it.

Every day, we encounter a certain amount of change and unpredictability that rock our boats. On some days, we charge at these challenges with a high level of motivation and bring calm back. While on other days, we are unable to muster enough motivation to even get out of bed. This cycle could be potentially disastrous, especially for an entrepreneur.

Lack of motivation is a known killer that has gotten away with the brutal murder of countless hours of productivity. As an entrepreneur, you must master the art of staying motivated at all times in order to avoid this killer monster. And to master this art, you must become a superhuman. The good thing is that Im ready to show you how.

The superhuman world iswhere you can do the impossible by making little changes and sticking to a few beneficial habits. To stay motivated, you do not have to do many things at a time. Unless youre interested in courting burnout and exasperation, you should stick to doing only the things that are essential.

Here are five ways that can help youstay motivated and continue your journey to success:

1. Rise early and conquer the dayOne of the easiest ways to damage yourself as an entrepreneur is not to get enough sleep. Do this too often, and youre trading your creativity for discomfort. Sounds like a pretty awful deal, right? Sleep is a vital process that helps your body to rest and regenerate. For this vital process, you would need about 6-8 hours of sleep each day. Therefore, you have to go early to bed so that you can rise with the sun. Getting enough sleep helps you to get more done. With greater creativity and productivity comes better chances of success. So, if you have great plans for yourself and your business, why not start by getting enough sleep? Watching the sunrise with a grateful heart is a great way to start the day.

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2. Keep a journalThe next thing to do after you wake up is to write in your journal. When you spend the first part of your day journaling, you will bring clarity to your life. Journaling helps you organize your thoughts, ideas, memories, and all the things you are grateful for. With journaling, every other practice,such as exercise and meditation,becomes worthwhile because you constantly remind yourself why youre doing them. The five-step journaling method in my book Dose of Meditationcan help you shed some light on how you can cultivate or enhance the journaling habit.

3. MeditateMeditation helps you to connect with your inner being. Without meditation, fresh ideas may continually elude you. You can choose to meditate right after you finish journaling. Connecting to your inner genius helps you to remain relevant. If you carve out just 15 minutes for meditation every day, youll have an awesome head start for the day.

4. Practice essentialismAbove all, you should be an essentialist. Essentialism helps to make sure that youre not running around the whole place, dissipating your energy. It helps you to focus on what matters and shun other, less productive activities. When you continually channel your energy down the right path, you will become a master at what you do. When you already have a goal and vision at the back of your mind, it is easy to start the day full of energy and motivation. When you stay true to a cause, youre assured of success!

5. Get someone to hold you accountableAs entrepreneurs, we hold others accountable, but who is holding us accountable? Eight times out of ten, we do not have someone to hold us accountable! Thats a mistake I have learned how to avoid, and the best way to have someone to hold you accountable is by getting a coach. On your journey to becoming superhuman, you need someone who can get you in the right state of mind and bring out your deepest creativity. You need someone who can share experiences with you, ask you mind-boggling questions, and help you get to the next level in your career, business, and life.That someone is a certified coach.

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