2022 Year-in-Review

Random Walk looks back to look forward . . . it turns out RW said some pretty smart things and some pretty stupid things, but also some pretty smart things.

Random Walk wishes everyone a belated Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a wonderful new year. Random Walk also offers special thanks to all the readers—the Random Walk community has grown quite a bit this year, and I cannot thank you enough for your attention and time.

Please also continue tell your friends how great Random Walk is because it’s pretty great.

Now, for the post-mortem Year-in-Review . . .

Things we think

It’s almost 2023, so Random Walk is going to take a stroll down memory lane . . . and see just how smart I was (or wasn’t). In general, Random Walk tries to make sense of the world, and while “what’s happening now” is an imperfect indicator of “what’s happening next” there ought to be some relationship between the two. So with the benefit of hindsight, this is an exercise in accountability and self-congratulation to some degree, but mostly a refresh on the long strange trip it’s been.

If there is one over-arching theme, which will continue to be the theme, it’s “do …