When I was a child, I played at least one sport every year. From kindergarten through the end of high school, I participated in some mix of gymnastics, baseball, basketball, flag football, lacrosse, and mountain biking. Unfortunately, despite years of athletic training and experience, I never developed the competitive spirit needed to become great. I…
Category: Life Observations
Swimming in Subnautica
By day I’m an attorney/professor/administrator/mediator/PhD student, but by night I’m an avid video gamer. I have been since Santa gifted me with my first NES back in the 1980s. There are plenty of arguments to make about the benefits of video games, such as improvements in making quick decisions (Green et al. 2010), stress relief…
Twenty Life Lessons Learned from Playing Chess
You have to make sacrifices to win. Protect your queen and she’ll protect you. Your tribe works best when each member is put in a position to do what they do best. Collaboration is more powerful than unilateral action. Weaker individuals can work together to bring down more powerful ones. All the ability in the…
