My theory is that lighter racquets allowed the younger crop to play closer to the baseline and play well in the forecourt from younger ages, enabling them more experience and skill development in the transition area.
Ideas have this amazing property. Thomas Jefferson said "He who receives an idea from me receives instruction himself, without lessening mine. As he who lights his candle at mine receives light without darkening me."
If you’ve been encouraged to define a healthy life as a frictionless one, I think it may be inevitable that a life devoid of contact starts to feel like healing.
adam ho’s personal site is legendary in my book. he does so many frontier tech brands (even paradigm :O)
As Marshall McLuhan once observed, “Every extension is also an amputation.” The wheel extends the foot, and in doing so, removes the necessity of walking. The book extends memory, and in doing so, weakens the habit of remembering. With AI, what is extended is the head — the seat of thought, language, judgment, and becoming. And what is amputated is... See more
Kids these days don’t start magazines; they go straight to launching creative consultancies and editorial workshops, hustling for clients with a portfolio site and self-published zines that are almost not about marketing (“place making,” “identity building”). It used to be that you had to contribute to the culture first, establishing your... See more