Wednesday, December 31, 2014

I also think not only of whether I will return to finish my degree, but also about whether I will return here and start posting again on a regular basis. I would have to think the answer would be "yes," simply because I have so many unfinished projects here that I've been itching to complete, but simply haven't had the free time the last few years.

There was the global monetary history series I started; the Cardinal Dulles "Theology of Faith" series I started (before religion became verbotten on the Poli Talk board); the Simon vs. Ehrlich thread I promised Rex but never delivered on; the Harvey Mansfield study of masculinity and gender issues thread I started; the 25-year All-LSU football teams I started doing; etc., etc., etc.

Plus, there are a bunch of new project threads that I am always wanting to start on here. I remember some of the best discussions I've ever had have been threads involving debates on philosophy, atheism, metaphysics, monetary policy & theory, LSU bunting strategy, ancient & medieval history, existentialism, predestination, quantum entanglement, black hole thermodynamics and entropy, Cold War foreign policy, neoconservative foreign policy, etc.

So maybe I'll just show up in February and start throwing up : geauxtigers : signs in clutch LSU baseball game situations. I don't know. I have mixed feelings obviously, and it reminds me of this scene from Good Will Hunting that kept going through my mind earlier this fall when I was thinking about someone else, but maybe the person who really needed to get away was me. I guess that's called "projection." Not that I'm exactly going on a tear right now with my life as a prodigious genius or anything like that, but just because I can feel that my imagination keeps taking me toward bigger and better things.

EDIT: Monday, January 5, 2015

I read this article today and couldn't help but post it here as a last update: " Hedge Fund Robots."

quote:
The hedge fund robots are winning again.

That's a key lesson from 2014, when computer algorithm-led investing produced stellar returns, beating most gut-driven human managers and dramatically recovering most of their losses from 2011, 2012 and 2013.

... Funds run by Two Sigma, Winton Capital, Campbell and others also gained double digits.

I remember talking with the guys from London at Winton Capital who came for a campus visit last year. They were totally smug about their intellectual prowess and elite caliber of their firm, but I suppose maybe they had a good reason to be.

This post was edited on 1/5/15 at 8:33 pm