{"id":41974,"date":"2018-12-25T09:05:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T14:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41974"},"modified":"2018-12-25T09:05:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T14:05:58","slug":"2018-year-in-review-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41974","title":{"rendered":"2018 Year in Review: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"article-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imagecache imagecache-article_photo\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/article_photo\/content\/article\/article-photo\/2019-2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-details\">\n<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2\">2018 Year in Review: Part 2<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"article-lede\">\n<div class=\"field field-type-text field-field-lede\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item odd\"><strong>And then things got even weirder&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<p>If you&#8217;ve not yet read Part 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114635\/2018-year-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to do so. The whole enchilada can be downloaded as a <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cm-us-standard\/documents\/2018-Year-In-Review-PeakProsperity-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">single PDF <strong>here<\/strong><\/a>or viewed in parts via the hot-linked contents as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Part 2<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#achievement\"><strong>Human Achievement<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#nature\"><strong>Nature<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#middle-east\"><strong>Middle East<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#syria\"><strong>Syria<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#nerve-gas\"><strong>Nerve Gas Poisoning<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#kav\"><strong>Kavanaugh versus Blasey Ford<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#pca\"><strong>Political Correctness\u2013Adult Division<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#pcc\"><strong>Political Correctness\u2013Collegiate Division<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#pcy\"><strong>Political Correctness\u2013Youth Division<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#conclusion\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#acknowledgements\"><strong>Acknowledgments<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/blog\/114645\/2018-year-review-part-2#books\"><strong>Books<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/2018-year-review-references-part-2\"><strong>Links in Part 2<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"achievement\"><\/a><strong>Human Achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOpportunities don\u2019t happen; you create them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>~Chris Grosser<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are now transitioning from economics and markets to the political and social events of 2018. As noted at the outset, I have over a hundred pages of quotes, notes, and anecdotes about Trump, Russian collusion, and the nefarious activities going on in the Deep State. It has grown progressively harder to wrap my brain around what I am actually witnessing. I can no longer write a chapter or two. I may be able to write a book, but certainly not in the months of November or December. It is what it is. I have focused on what catches my eye and what is achievable.<\/p>\n<p>Random topics that come across my field of view that I capture are loosely defined as &#8220;Human Achievement&#8221;. Who could forget the heroics in Thailand as cave divers saved the Thai soccer team?<sup>ref 394<\/sup> Buddhist teachings by their coach helped them cope with stress and lower their oxygen intake for two weeks. Two heroic cave divers found them.<sup>ref 395<\/sup> Divers from around the world suffering from toxic masculinity\u2014no pussy hats or man buns on those guys\u2014pulled them out. Meanwhile, Elon Musk was show boating with a useless submarine and calling one of the heroes a pedophile<sup>ref 396<\/sup> and then gets sued.<sup>ref 397<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 Year in Review: Part 2 And then things got even weirder&#8230; If you&#8217;ve not yet read Part 1, click here to do so. 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