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Why is TSLA joining the S&P index?
By: Jack C Lee
Tags: Index, Investing, Bubble, Tesla, Pand

Next week, if all goes as planned, TSLA will be added to the Standard and Poor index of the top 500 public traded companies in the US. The only question I have is why? How is this possible? Who made this decision and he or this group of “intelligent” people needs to explain themselves.

By all indicators, TSLA is over valuated as a stock by many folds. Even with the most optimistic projections, it will not be justified at its current price.

It’s target price estimates was just raised to $90 by market watchers. Meanwhile, it is selling at almost $600 a share. Is that a bubble or what?

By adding this one stock to the S&P, it will cause tremendous disruption of the equity market. Many mutual funds and ETF are based on the S&P.

I am making a prediction right now as a private investor with no expertise in this arena. Even I can see a disaster in the making. If you think the dot com bubble of the year 2000 was something, wait till you see what happen in 2021?

It appear we don’t have a media to trust, we don’t have financial index to rely on, and we don’t have a government that works for the people anymore.
TGIF…
By: Paul W. Swansen
Tags: Galileo, Tesla, Bayfieldwi, Spatialcomputing, Wisconsin

Greetings from the remote outpost along Wisconsin’s northern border.

TGIF and for the first time in a couple of years we have no snow on the ground here in nearly mid-December. But hey, the Christmas lights are up on the house so we do have that going for us.

The December weather here at the remote outpost has been bearable to get the lights put up and to take care of some last-minute outdoor projects. Next week’s temperatures are forecast to be in the teens.

We’re still having issues with sunset now occurring shortly after 4:00 p.m. Yes, it does get dark early up here. However, in another 10 days, the process begins to reverse itself again.

Reading.

I’ve recently finished two books on Spatial Computing.

And have now begun the following book.

In, The Infinite Retina among other things they wrote:

“Tesla drivers have three options currently for driving.

Drive yourself. Trust your senses.

Let God drive. Trust the Spirit.

Let the car drive. Trust the data.”

They go on to say that we will be increasingly reliant on data for many if not all of our daily life interactions. Given our collective lifestyle over the past nearly year, there are several questions that arise. From whom can we rely on and trust the data we’re being given is accurate? Does the source have a historical track record of providing accurate and competent data? What about the lack of continuity of various data sources? If the data being provided isn’t transparent to us, the end-user how are we to trust any data in the coming years?

Will those of us, critical thinkers become like Galileo? Destined to live out our remaining years under house arrest. Why? For daring to think critically and place our faith in objective and observable real-world data and not to meekly and subserviently accept the subjective infallibility of our local, state, or federal government?

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”

-James Madison
Dr. Laine Mears of Clemson University on Tesla and Driverless Cars
By: Alexander Fleiss
Tags: Driverless Cars, Tesla

Alexander Fleiss is the CEO of Rebellion Research, A Scientist, Teacher & Ai Researcher
How Nikola Tesla Embodied Sustainability in the Early 1900s
By: Jared Wolf
Tags: Tesla, Renewable Energy, Science, History, Sustainability

How Nikola Tesla Embodied Sustainability in the Early 1900s

No, we aren’t talking about the sustainability of Tesla cars.

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.

His ideas propagated inventions like the radio, microwave, X-ray, remote control, hydroelectric power.

In fact, “There’s not a lot of modern conveniences that we currently enjoy that weren’t touched by Nikola Tesla in some way,” said Marc Alessi, executive director of the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe in New York.

Tesla saw the world in a unique way. He believed in the Earth’s untapped potential as a ball of infinite energy. Tesla brought sustainability to science in every way imaginable, without even realizing it.

He sought to create an energy grid that not only harnessed renewable forms, but also accelerated mankind in an economic sense.

Here’s just a few ways Tesla embodied sustainability in the early 1900s.

In 1904, Tesla invented an efficient bladeless turbine.

Dating back to his youth, Tesla experimented with the idea of bladeless turbines playing with homemade waterwheels.

Without the need for propellers to catch air or water as they move in a certain direction, Tesla believed he could power “automobiles, locomotives and steamships,” and in a more modern sense, airplanes and ocean liners.

Could his invention be used for wind turbines too? Critics of wind energy point to the the millions of bird deaths per year from turbine blades. A bladeless unit would be less invasive on its surrounding environment.

Unfortunately, the device did not find a commercial application in its time.

Tesla proposed electric power generation through geothermal, solar and wind energy.

Tesla believed in the Earth (and the universe more largely) as an abundant, organic life force capable of re-harnessing energy on an infinite scale. He called it cosmic energy. That was how he approached electricity — he saw the world as a collection of frequencies and vibrations.

In the post-Einstein world (a man whom Tesla despised), Tesla’s outlandish theories about the universe are generally dismissed. But given his exceptional IQ, relentless work ethic and pretty accurate vision for the future of electricity, perhaps we should give his ideas a second look.

Thomas Edison famously said genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Tesla was much different. He worked as hard as anyone, but he was a deeply inspired, other-worldly person.

In his later years, he was convinced he could communicate with outer space, he was obsessed with the number 3 and talked to pigeons. Many wrote off his eccentricity as the effect of genius.
Elon Musk Takes Dr. Michael Burry’s Advice
By: David Ferrara
Tags: Elon Musk, Investing, Tesla, Stocks, Stock Market

So, nice that Elon is taking Michael’s advice to start cashing out on some of Tesla’s inflated stock price. But Dr. Michael Burry also tweeted this:

“Yes I’m shorting $TSLA for an extended swing trade. How does this shock anyone? It’s gone way too parabolic. It’s majorly over hyped at the moment. In 10 years it will be huge, but right now it’s due for a major correction to the downside” from Dr. Michael Burry’s twitter account on December 3, 2020

Anybody, thinking Dr. Michael Burry is a brilliant guy so they should get in and follow him on his shorts. Simply don’t.

The problem with shorting Tesla is there is a pretty good chance you’re going to be in a lot of pain for a long time until it finally does come crashing back to earth.

Tesla trades independent of any traditional valuation logic and rules

It may come crashing down next month. Or it may double in price and not have a pullback until 2023. Dr. Michael Burry has the resources to potentially lose a ton of money on this high risk gamble. Which admittedly would make him a ton of money if it pays off.

If you’re not willing to risk it all on a bet going against the almost cult like nature of Tesla investors, then don’t do it. In fact, I’ll just say it. Don’t do it. There are certain stocks that you should just never bet against. I’d say Tesla and perhaps Amazon being at the top of the list.

I am going to be watching this with interest though. We already saw Steve Eisman (the other pseudo hero played by Steve Carrel in The Big Short) tap out of his Tesla shorts and admit defeat earlier this year.

Let’s see how Dr. Michael Burry does.

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CFA: Tesla and the S&P 500: What Could Have Been?
By: Derek Horstmeyer
Tags: Economics, Finance, Tesla

Tesla will finally join the S&P 500 Index on 21 December 2020.

Back in September, Standard & Poor’s announced that the index’s inclusion committee had decided not to add Tesla to the S&P 500. This unexpected news sent Tesla shares tumbling more than 16% in one day.

Given Tesla’s sheer size — it is now among the 10 largest US firms by market cap — and the S&P 500’s ubiquity in portfolios and retirement accounts, we wanted to know what the risk and return implications for the index would have been had the company been included at the start of calendar 2020.

What we found over the first 11 months of 2020 can be summed up quite simply: Greater returns, greater volatility.

The S&P 500’s returns would have increased by 1.21% over those 11 months. That equates to a 14.78% return with Tesla and 13.57% without.

But there’s a downside.

Tesla’s stand-alone volatility was a whopping 110.11% when we measured monthly returns over the period. So adding this single stock to the S&P 500 would have increased the index’s total volatility from 26.98% to 27.35% over the first 11 months of 2020.

The question is: Would those increased returns have been worth the extra volatility?

With Tesla included, the S&P 500’s Sharpe ratio would have risen from 0.499 to 0.537, assuming a risk free rate of 0.30% over the period.

Tesla and S&P 500 Returns

Two caveats are important to note. First, our investigation is subject to look-ahead bias. For Tesla to have been included in January, the S&P 500 inclusion committee would have had to relax its standard requirement that companies achieve four straight quarters of profitability before being added. And Tesla’s stock price has risen around 700% this year. So our study is guilty of some degree of cherry picking.

Second, the free float weighting methodology of the S&P 500 and the divisor used in its calculations, which adjusts for stock splits, mergers, and other events, is proprietary. Since we lack access to this data, we approximated our actual weighting adjustments to the best of our ability.

Read the rest at:

https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2020/12/10/tesla-and-the-s-and-p-500-what-could-have-been/
Warriors
By: Patrick M. Ohana
Tags: Creative Writing, Tesla, AI, Poetry, Haiku

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Des lézards et des serpents en hibernation interrompent la construction de la “gigafactory” de Tesla à Berlin
Tags: Opresse, Tesla, Biodiversité, Animaux, Protection Animale

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期權重注美股升 12月恐反常回吐
Tags: 期權, Tesla, 投資, 美股, 信析

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Energy Sustainability S-Curve
By: Anil Shanbhag
Tags: Sustainability, Tesla, Jinko, Canadian Solar, Solar Power

The past few months have seen a flurry of announcements in the sustainability space. For years, companies have paid lip service but now things seem to be getting serious and real dollars are being committed.

Let’s look at 3 major pieces driving energy sustainability

Renewable Electricity Generation mainly Solar PV

Enormous amount of Solar PV manufacturing capacity is being added. Below is slide from Canadian Solar, one of the big 6 solar PV manufacturers. They are increasing their module capacity from 16.1GW to 25.7GW ! Similar story is playing out at other large manufacturers like Jinko Solar and Longi.

By the end of 2021, total cell and module capacity is forecast to add up to 366 GW and 377 GW, respectively. However, it would be more than double the forecast demand of 143.7 GW PV InfoLink analysts expect for next year. In essence, there is massive demand supply imbalance which will lead to prices falling and further increase in deployment.

Battery Storage Capacity

During Tesla Battery Day, Elon Musk announced they would be able to reduce cost per kWh by 56% in next 3–4 years. CATL and LG Chem are both working on increasing battery capacity.

Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the advent of sustainable energy. That might finally be happening with GM announcing $27 billion capex on EVs and autonomous cars, Volkswagen announcing 73 billion euro investment into future technologies, Diamler announcing 70 billion euro investment mainly into electrification and digitization

There are a large number of startups also trying to get a piece of the pie like Rivian, Nio, Xpeng, Fisker, Li, Workhorse, etc.

Tesla’s market cap at the time of this post is 600 billion! Nio, a tiny EV startup in China is worth 65 billion — almost twice the market cap of Ford. It is likely that this is a bubble and may not last. However, the enormous rise of Tesla and the amount of spotlight all things green getting is sure to make all the traditional automakers look like idiots and force them to join the FOMO.

S-Curve for EV Ownership

S-Curve

Each of these segments is in the early ramp stage of the S-Curve. Each has proven to not be a fad. Enormous amount of capex and R&D is focused on improving the technology. As technology improves, costs fall, regulation increases, we might finally be close to peak oil with oil usage peaking in the next decade and have sustainable energy take over !
“Tesla trades at more than 1,200 times trailing earnings, while established automotive industry peers go for eight times or less.” — Charley Grant, Tesla Is Watching Its Stock Price Too
By: Tony Yiu
Tags: Investing, Tesla, Stocks, Business, Technology

“Tesla trades at more than 1,200 times trailing earnings, while established automotive industry peers go for eight times or less.” — Charley Grant, Tesla Is Watching Its Stock Price Too Tony Yiu ·Dec 9, 2020

Photo by Afif Kusuma on Unsplash

Regardless of whether you think Tesla is a bubble or not, selling shares to raise cash is a wise move. Good capital allocators know to buy low and sell high. While the jury is still out on the buy low part but Tesla’s $5 billion stock sale is definitely a case of selling high.
Option Volume and Tesla
By: Anil Shanbhag
Tags: Options Trading, Options, Susquehanna, Tesla

This year, I finished my PhD at MIT. As I sat there thinking of what to do next and evaluating different opportunities, I was approached by a company I hadn’t heard of before — Susquehanna.

For people who haven’t heard of Susquehanna, it is a global trading and technology firm. It is probably best known for its expertise in derivatives pricing and trading, especially equity options. It is a designated market maker for a lot of stock and options. Essentially, if you go buy a call option on Tesla in your Robinhood account — the counterparty is likely Susquehanna.

Options volume in Tesla has exploded this year !

Normally when you buy options on a stock, it is not supposed to influence the stock price. However the counterparty like Susquehanna that sells options has to hedge their exposure.

Every large fund has to file a 13F every quarter disclosing their equity holdings. Tesla’s market cap today of 600B is bonkers. If you look at the 13F holdings of Tesla, it is striking that every major fund has reduced their Tesla exposure (ignore the PRN’s) except one (Susquehanna). Incidentally it is also the largest holder of Tesla other than Musk himself.

TSLA 13F from whalewisdom.com

Susquehanna does not bet of stock direction, they are a market maker. Interest will remain in Tesla stock as long as it keeps chugging up but when that stops, option volume will fall, volatility will reduce and Susquehanna will just sell down its stake.

Stock price is set based on demand and supply. If and when option volume falls, demand for stock falls and so will the stock price. TL;DR My bet is that Tesla stock will finally take a fall after torrid rise.
Holiday Gift Guide: Top 5 products for Tesla owners
By: E.V. Annex
Tags: Elon Musk, Tesla Motors, Tesla, Tesla Model S, Electric Car

Originally published at https://evannex.com on December 9, 2020.

It’s a thrilling feeling when you take delivery of your first Tesla. There’s that new car smell. The serene silence of no internal combustion engine. The ultra-smooth acceleration. The addictive torque. However, looking at your perfect, all-new, all-electric machine leaves you feeling like something is missing.

Above: Tesla Model 3 owner enjoying the holidays (Source: EVANNEX; Photo by Casey Murphy)

Why? No matter how careful you are, a new Tesla might become less-than-perfect with all the typical wear-and-tear inflicted after owning So what can any car for some time. you do to protect your Tesla?

When it comes to the ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for Tesla owners, let’s check out some “Top 5” lists to make you feel whole again. Vehicle protection is one thing but are there also some cool Tesla-related gadgets? And, what about spoiling yourself with some holiday Tesla gifts?

Top 5 ‘Vehicle Protection’ products for Teslas

So what are the top 5 products to protect your Tesla? Scraping or scuffing your Tesla wheels may lower resale value, look messy, or worse — so be sure to avoid “curb rash” with rim protection. Protect your vegan leather with seat covers. In the sun, keep your car cool with sunshades. In the snow, all-weather floor mats defend against the snow, sand, and mud that mess up your Tesla’s floor. Regardless of weather, a Tesla car cover can protect against the elements.

Above: Kim from LikeTesla saved her Tesla rims using Wheel Bands to defend against curb rash incidents (YouTube: LikeTesla)

Top 5 ‘Gadgets’ for Tesla Owners

Next up, what are the top 5 gadgets for Tesla owners? Lexie Janson is a tech reviewer, drone racer, and python developer and goes by the pseudonym ‘MaiOnHigh’ on her popular YouTube channel. As a Model 3 owner, she provides her own curated list (see video below) — her picks: Chrome Trunk Molding, Trunk Lift, Frunk Lift, LED Lighting Upgrade, and Dual Qi Charger.

Above: Lexie’s nod to a few cool ‘gadgets’ for your Tesla (Youtube: MaiOnHigh)

Top 5 ‘X-mas gifts’ to spoil Tesla Owners

Finally, with Christmas coming, what are the top 5 holiday gifts? Alex Guberman’s got a handy holiday gift guide. He runs the Tesla Model S Owners Club and Tesla Model 3 Owners Club Facebook groups and the popular E for Electric YouTube channel. Alex’s top five are: the Model 3 car cover, trunk organizer, performance pedal covers, all-weather floor mats, and interior vinyl kit.

Above: Alex Guberman’a top five Tesla Model 3 gifts (Youtube: E for Electric)

Still undecided? There were some other great videos (post-Thanksgiving) from Eli Burton and Anuarbek Imanbaev from the Tesla Geeks Show and Trevor Page from Tesla Owners Online too. These products are highly sought after during the holidays — our suggestion: head on over to the Holiday Gift Guide for some holiday Tesla deals.

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Originally published at https://evannex.com on December 9, 2020.
Welcome to TSLA.finance
Tags: Defi, Tesla, Rebase, Yield Farming, Ethereum

Pegging 1 TSLA to 1 $TSLA

Wall Street is a giant casino deeply integrated with the real-world economy, which is not the case for DeFi. There need to be more protocols building bridges between DeFi and the real world, in order to fully fulfill Defi’s potential of massive adoption.

TSLA is an adaptive token to anchor a dynamic stock price. At the close of each Nasdaq trading day, the TSLA protocol adjusts the token supply to target the closing price of Tesla stock that day, linking the token with the stock price.

We highly respect Ampleforth’s initial concept of adaptive stable currency, which is to adjust the number of tokens in circulation and use supply and demand dynamics to anchor the currency price at $1. However, we find that the final result does not achieve its original intention of “stabilization”. Instead, it transfers the fluctuation from the price to the market value, the volatility of which is still borne by the coin holders. In our opinion, the whole process is against its “stabilization” purpose. Therefore, it has been brought to our mind that: why not acknowledge the actual existence of volatility and create a token whose price is anchored to the s3xiest asset in the real world whose price and value volatility has won over global attention?

So we created the TSLA token on Ethereum.

In September 2020, Uniswap has achieved a daily turnover of nearly US $1 billion. With the unlimited potential brought about by the programmability of DeFi smart contract, it is reasonable to believe that the new Maker-Taker production relationship of decentralized exchanges will be used for reference by the traditional financial institutions and also consequently be bridged with each other. With the inevitable trend of Bitcoin/Ethereum being widely recognized by global institutions, this possibility becomes more and more indispensable. Therefore, we find it also worth trying to integrate TSLA with a “decentralized version of NASDAQ” economic model.

Euronext Amsterdam

NASDAQ originated from the very first stock exchange “Euronext Amsterdam” invented by the Dutch over 400 years ago. Its mechanism is that the central exchange provides an order book for maker/taker, and charges fees from each trade. Now that there are smart contracts that can replace the centralized function of the exchange, and the exchange has become a 24-hour “vending machine” so that we can offer the transaction fees to the makers. This in turn also incentivizes more investors and traders to become firm holders of the tokens, which not only realizes “disintermediation”, but also realizes the sustainability of the market. If a stock can incentivize all the holders to put most of their shares in the liquidity pool, it will also diminish giant whales’ advantage in price manipulation, and in the long run, it may realize the ideal state that everyone’s investment profit is infinitely close to the real value of the asset itself, rather than being constantly affected by the speculators.
Bittrex Global Launches Tokenized Stock Trading
By: Bittrex Global Team
Tags: Apple, Amazon, Tokenized Stocks, Tesla

Tesla (TSLA), Apple (AAPL), and 10 other stocks now available to trade

Bittrex Global (Bermuda) Ltd. (Bittrex Global) announced that it will be listing tokenized stocks on its digital asset exchange in cooperation with DigitalAssets.AG. This product will allow traders and investors direct access to listed companies without having to use an external broker or pay additional fees. Shares can be purchased using either US dollars (USD), Tether (USDT), or Bitcoin (BTC), twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

The tokenized stocks available through Bittrex Global will allow customers to purchase a fraction of a stock without needing to purchase entire shares, where the underlying risk of the tokens is derived from the tokenized company. Bittrex Global plans to quickly increase their offerings by giving its customers exposure to ETFs, indices, and additional asset classes.

“The traditional stock exchanges of the world’s financial capitals have for centuries set the terms for engagement and trading. Clearing systems are inefficient and complex and trading small volumes can be expensive and take days, all of which is totally unnecessary given the technological advances that have been made in the last decade,”

said Bittrex Global’s CEO Tom Albright.

“Blockchain technology has the potential to radically broaden access to financial services, and Bittrex Global is very proud to provide people with a portal to build their capital and private wealth in a way that was unimaginable a decade ago.” “The ability to trade tokenized stocks would not be possible without the foresight and regulatory support that the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has shown,”

said Bittrex Global’s CFO/COO, Stephen Stonberg.

“Bittrex Global looks forward to continuing its strong partnership with the BMA to develop innovative solutions as the industry grows.”

Bittrex Global’s diverse customer base can now purchase and trade the following tokenized stocks:

These tokenized stocks are available even in countries where accessing US stocks through traditional financial instruments is not possible. The tokenization of stocks is the first step towards creating more dynamic and accessible markets where securitized token offerings (STOs) can harness more mature and varied investors. Tokenized stocks can be traded alongside over 250 digital assets listed on the Bittrex Global exchange and marks a significant milestone in the adoption of blockchain technology by traditional financial services.
Really, You Only Have One Relationship
By: Ilexa Yardley
Tags: Intelligenc, Circular Theory, Life, Reality, Self

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The Most Advanced Thinking On the Planet (In the Universe)
By: Ilexa Yardley
Tags: Circular Theory, Quantum Thinking, Intelligence, Quantum Mechanics, Reality

Whether you know it or not…Whether you believe it or not…

Photo by Simone Busatto on Unsplash

A circle is the (only) live actor in Nature…

Circle

Live Actor (‘I’)

Nature

Meaning 50–50 is the constant. Where, no matter what we do (say or think), nothing changes, even though everything changes.

50–50

Where conservation of the circle is the core, and, therefore, the only, dynamic, in Nature.

Conservation of a Circle

Why should you engage with (invest the time in order to understand) The Circular Theory?

Continue with: The Literal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics — The Circular Theory — Medium
I Signed Up For Quora Two Months Ago — Here’s What Happened!
By: The Dozen
Tags: Self-awareness, Writing, Success, Reality, Humor

Why does it always have to be some unbelievable achievement? (Because it’s what we want to read about!)

It always the ultra-successful stories that are shared and exaggerated. (Yup, and?)

Can’t we just share who we really are? (No.)

Don’t you want to know how I signed up for Quora and did nothing? (No, we don’t.)

But, you can relate to how I’m also human… (No one cares.)

But it’s not all true! They’re making stuff up just to get views! They sugar coat reality and sell it to you. (So what?! It motivates us.)

Arghhh… (You, arghhh.)
I am creating a new illusion.
By: Rasheed Hooda
Tags: Illusion, Spirituality, Short Form, Life Lessons, Reality

I am creating a new illusion.

Some may call it a new reality, but it is what it is.

Quantum physics calls it a Wave Function — a field of possibilities where energy and matter coexist as potentialities until someone decides to take a look. That decision collapses the Wave Function and creates a distinct eventuality dependent on the observer’s intended search.

Wayne Dyer said, “When you change the way you see things, the things you see change.”

Practically every spiritual tradition refers to the physical world as an illusion.

I am creating a new illusion.

As always, thank you for reading and responding. I hope it was time well-spent.

If you are so inclined, you could buy me some chai.
Challenge Double Agents Episode 3 Recap: 10 Biggest Takeaways
By: Allan Aguirre
Tags: MTV, Sports, Reality, The Challenge, Television

Simultaneously a visually cool and dangerous daily challenge. Players wrestled on top of a moving semi-truck without a safety harness and would try to get their opponents’ feet off the truck and onto the sides (and into a net) as fast as you can. The fastest combined team time wins. Leroy and Kaycee won, Lolo/Nam and Wes/Natalie were runner-ups. Visually this was an incredible daily challenge where players got to prove themselves. They could have made this safer by placing more padding on the top of the trucks, I guess. The two injuries indicate why headbangers are usually only for eliminations since only two people compete in something raw physical at once versus twenty-eight.

I am going to breakdown every matchup:

Kyle vs. Devin: An impressive tie for Devin, a disappointing tie for Kyle.

Kam vs. Nicole Z: Nicole gets injured early. Thus, Kam doesn’t get to see what she can do.

Wes vs. Josh: Josh has half a foot, and between 30–50 lbs on Wes, yet, Wes is able to pull a fast one on Josh by bringing them both down at the same time and keep his feet on the platform. He pulled a Jordan on Josh.

Natalie vs. Nany: Even though Natalie is way stronger than Nany, Nany has a decade of experience and has done headbangers in the past. Another round where both players go down together, Natalie picks up the win.

(All I could picture whenever players fell together)

Darrell vs. Lio: Even though Pro Wrestling might be scripted, Lio proves his grappling ability by tying against Darrell despite a 50 lb deficit.

Amber v Gabby: In classic MTV fashion, Amber mentions she played Rugby for 5 years just to have 5'0 Gabby take her out.

Nam vs. Jay: Nam overpowers Jay and wins. Decent fight put up by Jay.

Lolo vs. Theresa: Similar to Nany and Natalie, Lolo is shocked by the fight Theresa puts up. Being a veteran matters when it comes to headbangers. Nonetheless, Lolo still wins.

Cory vs. Mechie: Mechie pulls a fast one on Cory for the win. Every time Mechie is on screen, I like his energy, but they haven’t let us invest in him.

Tori vs. Liv: Tori gets the win, and Liv gets hurt on her way down. Hilariously, Liv says she expected Tori to be stronger.

Leroy vs. Nelson: They threw themselves off together quickly with Leroy getting the win.

Kaycee vs. Amber: Amber threw some good hits at Kaycee! Kaycee won quickly as this game was built for her; however, Amber showed a ton of fight.

CT vs. Fessy: A flat out draw.

Big T vs. Aneesa: Aneesa safely and kindly knocks Big T off for the win.

7 Two Injuries
Way Ahead or Very Far Back?
By: Ilexa Yardley
Tags: Quantum Computing, Circular Theory, Reality, Mathematics, Nature

Your thinking. Where are you? Way ahead? Or, very far back? We need video-graphers. To upgrade humanity’s thinking. About everything.

Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

There is only one dynamic in Nature. This dynamic controls everything. It’s called ‘Conservation of the Circle.’

Conservation of the Circle

Motivation

As of yet, a very tiny few have heard about it. And, an even tinier few have studied it closely, so that they ‘understand it.’ This creates a (very large) natural market.

And, more importantly, it provides a universal system architecture from which all thinking ascends (and within which all thinking applies) (everything is unified).

Universal System Architecture

Where ‘east meets west’ and ‘north meets south.’ Where everything is naturally integrated with (dependent on) (a proxy for) everything else.

Market

Meaning, it is a universally humanistic project, of interest to, and appropriate for, people from all cultures, disciplines, identities, and modes, and methods, of ‘thinking…’

It’s important, because it’s the most advanced thinking on the planet as to ‘where we are’ as a people, a planet, a universe. It is, clearly, OTT (over-the-top) compliant (appropriate) (of-interest) (on-demand) (in-demand).

OTT

So that’s where ‘you’ come in.

Methodolgy (and Monetization)

We would like to publish a video for each of the 1300+ ‘stories’ (articles) at The Circular Theory — Medium. And, continue doing so, as time goes on…

Then, we’d like to show the videos on ‘The Circular Theory’ international on-demand channel. For thought leaders in all disciplines who would like to attach their own thinking to this project. For advanced ‘thinkers’ who are natural ‘leaders,’ no matter the field, or discipline. Where ‘The Circular Theory’ channel is available on all smart TV’s.

We’d like to share revenue for videos that are viewable (and viewed) on this ‘channel.’ And, we’re looking for a CEO to lead this project. So, that’s it.

Here’s how the content is organized:

List of stories (articles) published by date here: Published — The Circular Theory stories — Medium

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Clocking 30
By: Abiodun Olaniyan
Tags: Life, Birthday, Reality, Resolutions

At the beginning of the year, the thought of clocking thirty(30) got me scared. I felt I have not achieved all I thought I should have by Dec 24, but at the same time, I am so appreciative of the impact I had on those close to me. I have so much joy that I have been a source of encouragement and joy to a lot of people around me and this alone makes me feel having more of this impact is enough for me as I March into my 30s.

I have had my shares of failures in the past few years and I will share very little:

Photo by Zac Durant on Unsplash

Investment Failure

I’ll say no matter the due diligence check, sometimes the investment is just by luck, all the same, this year 2020 was a win as regards investments for me.

Business Failure

A few years back I intended to pull up a branding and PR firm but it failed woefully. We wanted to do it but had no will to pull through, I reserve personal win on the Business decision this year. I am happy my father’s business is progressing much more than expected, thanks to all my wonderful customers and friends too for always patronizing Tomade’s fish.

Work Strain

Past years have always been tough at work. I easily developed HBP due to work stress, however, 2020 has been better, my health has been awesome, thanks to “Covid-19 induced” Work From Home. I wish we can continue working from home for a longer time.

Relationship Matter

Wait till I get married…

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Things I look forward to as I clock 30…

I know a lot of people say you should risk things when you are in your twenties.



Oh no! I will be doing a lot of daring endeavors this time. I am intending to keep a journal online, feel free to check it out.



I checked out lots of restaurants this year and I am not intending to stop anytime soon…



Make more money.



Maybe finally start writing more and stop taking long breaks…

Abiodun, welcome to your thirties…
Paradoxical Captivity
By: Suntonu Bhadra
Tags: Poem, Life, Dystopia, Reality, Poetry

in a dystopian time

unbounded thoughts spreading around

in lightspeed motions,

outnumbered facts

colorful media presence,

our diverted attentions within jelly-fish brain

delusional extensiveness triggered into zombified reflections

sticking to the connected socials on screen,

war and peace,

unjust and just the ‘just’ of freedom

figured stories, manipulations,

diving into instance rather than understandable facts

uncoated and re-coated with falsification

we search for the truth and the false

in the outburst of thoughts and motions

digital synthesis onto our voices

grabbing attention to falsified facts

the truth remains a mystery, a hidden grail of modernity

our eyes visualize

onto the vivid fabricated beats

our brains trigger thoughts

missing the factual

our minds start to believe in what we see

Something seems illogical

the world, or my mind,

a sense of captivity

within an artificial world

(is it possible it is within an unbelievable neural network?)

sustaining billions like me

in a pretentious architecture

reframed every second, in deep-fake synopsis,

running from the beginning of time

with an end, unknown, outside our grasp.

Associated thoughts

We don’t know what we don’t know. But sometimes, it feels like we can’t see the depth of what we know. Life is a mystery, and so is death. While we are learning new aspects of life, the universe, artificial intelligence, etc., our understanding is evolving and questioning our existence in a paradoxical nature. The complexity and implications of the new learning of existential threat are out of bounds from my knowledge range. But, as a human, I am defaulted to seek answers, knowing that the more I know, the complex it becomes.

Reality is a delusion, as its meaning differs from creature to creature, human to human. The way we see colors are entirely different from how the bird sees the color shades. So, it is altogether impossible to understand the mystery of the universe, or the life itself, by our little brains. Obviously, to retain our sanity and lead our life with calmness, we all pertain to numerous journeys to keep up with the world that we visualize ourselves within.

I wrote this poem based on the above thoughts stuck inside my mind while half-slept in the morning. Or, probably after a nightmare (day-mare), which woke me up in the morning.

Suntonu Bhadra ▪ December, 2020
What are the significant values of Taiwan
By: Elliot Wu
Tags: International Relations, Reality, Belittling, Values, Taiwan

ENA Picture

Taipei, Dec. 23rd (ENA)

On the one hand, Taiwanese people are well known for their kindness to foreigners, but on the other hand, there is a fine line between warmhearted and unsophisticated.

Numerous traveling articles on the internet have mentioned how friendly Taiwanese people are for countless times. people usually express their gratitude through the internet and sharing their unforgettable experiences on this beautiful island. But what is it exactly moved them? And in what degree had the foreign-visitors been influenced?

Take a brief imagine or try to recollect whenever confronting a first-met foreign stranger, we can’t deny that somehow we would naturally pull ourselves into a disadvantaged position that we usually became exceptionally kind to foreigners. However, such a reaction isn’t genuinely kindness but a self-belittling behavior that our body normally responds when facing such circumstances.

What significant benefit can Taiwan provide to its allies around the world? Kindnesses are certainly not worth enough to become one of the interests for other countries to establish substantive diplomatic relationships with us. We can either continue laboring under the delusion that some of the most powerful countries will forever stand with us or to recognize reality and improve our shortages.

Taiwan had made millions of face masks donations for its allies and provided several medical recommendations for the severe countries during the Coronavirus pandemic. Such actions have been regarded as a diplomatic strategy by the public and even claimed by the authorities.

It’s doubtless that Taiwan has established a reputation for its outstanding epidemic control and contributions to the world. However, the pandemic isn’t going to last forever, and the worst part is, no further diplomatic dialogue or negotiation has been made after such a lot of effort, which once again proved that kindness can never enhance Taiwan’s international status.

Winning an international reputation is a thing, but winning a diplomatic relationship is what Taiwan really needs. Buttering powerful countries up might sometimes be necessary, but not for a constant solution.
Espresso
By: The Itinerant Monk
Tags: Brew, Wake Up, Espresso, Reality, Poetry

8 am,

and I slowly brew

into a consciousness

that has percolated

drop by drop

from coarsely ground beans

sourced across

the myriad regions

of my mind

and roasted lightly

to strip them of

some acidity accrued over

time and then left

to suspend in an

immersion of thoughts overnight,

bitter, rich, sweet

whose heady potential

then filtered

into a crystal clear

carafe and is ready

for me to pour

into my cup of

reality.

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“MY REALITY” “ON YOUR RETINA”
By: Staffan Carle
Tags: Perception, Reality

“Pandemic,” “Christmas,” “Asia,” “nationality,” “society,” friends, “street,” “family,” “work,” “world” — in short, “reality”; “my reality” more specifically. I realize “my reality” is a result of what “other people” “think” and “do”; those “words” above are just words, reflected on your retina; someone invented them — “I” wrote them.
(Un)Mute Yourself: Day 24
By: Matthew David Morris
Tags: Real, Mary, Reality, Advent, Virtual

Have we been praying virtual prayers to a virtual God?

Has our virtual church provided virtual comfort?

Do we place virtual hope in a virtual Jesus?

Christ Virtual?

Was the greatness of Mary’s Lord virtual? Was her poverty virtual? A virtual blessedness of a virtual virgin?

Was God’s promise virtual? A virtual covenant with God’s virtual people?

Was our betrayal virtual? A virtual fall of God’s virtual creation?

Is God’s forgiveness virtual? Virtual redemption?

Virtual salvation from virtual sin? Virtual liberation from virtual oppression? Virtual freedom from virtual enslavement?

What of any of this is real?

Did your loved one die a virtual death?

Was your grief a virtual expression of virtual loss?

In your virtual graduation, did you experience a virtual transition into virtual adulthood, virtual professionalism, virtual mastery?

In your virtual court hearting, did the judge give you a virtual sentence?

Is the cell you sleep in virtual?

Was the diagnosis you received from your virtual doctor virtual?

How much virtual time do we all have left?

How much virtual time have we ever had?

The backdrop for the present coming of the Lord is an inability to discern the real from the virtual in every aspect of our lives.

The words we choose for our experiences of togetherness, remoteness, celebration, education, romance, reconcilation, grief, and gathering matter.

We have been categorically casual in our speech regarding matters of life behind the screen.

We have not developed definitions at the onset of this age of season after season of distance.

We have not made agreements about meaning, perhaps because meaning is devalued currency in a post-Trump world, or perhaps because shared meaning requires humility, and what of that do we possess anymore?

What example do we have for making meaning in the midst of the virtual? Who will help us take hold of the real and proclaim it to be true?

The answer is Mary.

It always was and always will be.

She is the Mother of the Realest of the Real.

She, who gave of her fleshiness, her substantiality, was approached by a messenger of the God Who Keeps Promises, who, in humility, asked for her consent.

And, in humility, she gave it.

And Meaning was made.

There is meaning to be made. Even still. Even after all this. Even with all we anticipate coming. There is meaning to be made.

And it is real.

It is not virtual.

It is real.
Here is a fascinating equation
By: Terry Andrew Dunn
Tags: Expectations, Happiness, Reality

Here is a fascinating equation

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Happiness. It’s an elusive quality. We know when we are happy with life, but when it’s absent, we rarely know why. Some people instinctively know what makes them happy, but the rest of us have to work at it.

How is mathematics connected with happiness?

Take a look at this equation: H = R/E, where H = happiness, R = reality and E = expectations. When your expectations are high, but the reality is low, you get a very small value for happiness, in fact, it’s less than 1.

When your expectations are low and the reality is high, happiness is much higher. Simple mathematics. But does it really work like that? Yes. Absolutely. I think what really makes us unhappy is high expectations.

Why do we have high expectations?

Lots of reasons. You expect your partner to be wonderful and everything you dreamed they would be. In your mind, you often have a list of expectations. The trouble is, it rarely works that way. If the reality is not what you imagined, you are unhappy with your relationship. What if you had much lower expectations, that your partner exceeded, and reality was higher? The result this time would be happiness.

So we can control happiness with our expectations.

Look at a simpler example: holidays. We look forward to them all year, we save and spend a big chunk of our earnings on them, and we visualise what they will be like. Our expectations are often very high. But when we are finally in this imagined, magical place, reality doesn’t match up. Happiness is low. I have found things are never as good as we imagine, or never as bad as we fear. They are often somewhere in-between.

What should we do instead?

If we always had medium to low expectations with everything, the reality will often match or equal what we think will happen. The result is happiness. We are pleasantly surprised, especially if we expected the worst.

Don’t build special events to be these amazing experiences in your mind. Be realistic about what will happen, or even pessimistic. The result is still happiness. We enjoy the event and leave with good memories.

Remember the equation. It’s always true.
Within
By: Sriram Sankar
Tags: Poem, Mental Health, Reality, Poetry, Metaphor

Artwork by Anoushka Alexander — Instagram @thatpatakakudi

Caught amidst worlds, contradicting realities

The gift of vision of truth, the curse of perception

She dances in a world painted by the sun

A mystical place where shadows rest

It’s her face, the sadness it portrays

The million lies she set ablaze

She dies everyday caught in the dichotomy

Between the rambling poet and the quiet marionette

Crazy daisy they would say

Unkempt hair, a beautiful disarray

She is a world on her own

Locked away in a three dimensional prison

A Rorschach test, at a fool’s behest

Take her away, wipe clean her messy slate

She digests what is shoved down, strings that are tugged on

The marionette is called upon

But she still lives, somewhere within.