Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

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I see people are piling into the “If Elon touches it, then it’ll turn to gold” canard with respect to Twitter. The fact is that Twitter must suck as a business model, because they have been public nearly a DECADE during the most insane bull market in history, and they’ve made ZERO PERCENT gains. How is this a good business? I’d fade this pop. It is wrong-headed.

Woke Done Right

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This was from almost half a century ago. Here we see Marlon Brando reflecting upon his refusal to show up for the Oscars. Watch the interview, and you can see what a thoughtful, gentle person he was, and how he carefully takes time to make himself understood. What a marvelous contrast to the way things are handled today. (And I’m not even referring to the fact that the big controversy back then was a gentle speech by a Native American as opposed to some guy smacking another guy in the face).