Competitive and relevant Aluminum smelting requires massive economies of scale, an initial capital outlay, and a supply chain. A competitive smelter might require a billion dollars and a few years to build. And you have to negotiate a regular stream of bauxite ore, materials, etc. It's not an easy or quick arbitrage.
Nerds don't like sportball, but programming nerds like abstract creators. Eddie was a mind bending genere pushing creative force. His impact was bigger than sportball. Often other obituaries are noted here. Sportsball not so much, unless it's statistical sportsball. Van Halen is probably a stretch tbh, so I don't want to defend it too much either. This site is still better than twitter.
I often do a "Van Halen day" where I put on my headphones, crank it to 11, and play all the important Van Halen albums for about 5 or 6 hours (basically all of them up to 1984) - and I get shit done. It's amazing what switching from electronic "beats" to Van Halen for a day does for my programming.
so no value judgment there, huh? nerds who like sports are just not the right kind, right? certain creativity like plucking strings in various patterns is just inherently better than others? and how was his impact greater? how is one kind of entertainer better than another?
startup founders could learn a lot from kobe, from focus and discipline to creativity and tenacity. he also invested in startups.
As a contrast, and since you've mentioned Good Pharma, I suggest reading also "Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom" ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062338781/ )
This book discusses the supply line of generic drugs on US shelves today.
In the US, specifically Georgia, the justice system is almost strictly punative with little to no provision for rehabilitation. Should you get stuck in it, it is designed to punish you to the maximum normal sentence, not to help you in any way. As far as I can tell, it's not designed as a rehabilitation for the imprisioned. Probation and parole similarly act with punative means only. In practice, the probation officers are not your friends and they are not there to help you.
