DO WE need to be “Faster – Higher – Stronger”, the Olympic motto, or should we just try to be okay and healthy?
The Olympics may yet be cancelled completely after having been delayed a year, says Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, who talked of having to “give up”.
The 2020 Olympics were postponed because of the COVID pandemic and the 2021 version will have few in the stands as overseas spectators have been banned and many of the local citizens aren’t interested or actually want it cancelled.
Any spectators that would attend will only be allowed to clap and not cheer which seems a rather sad, pale version of the event.
The first priority for most countries is to get citizens vaccinated, stop the spread of the virus and then start on an economic recovery rather than watching two weeks of Olympians and para Olympians doing the best they can.
Considering how many have already died and will still die, it is probably best to commit all resources to the medical world and stay safe at home.
I know a number of Olympic competitors will miss their one opportunity but that may be the cost they have to pay for the safety of the majority.
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A dotty idea
Most of my photos are about 6mp which means that they should sell for about 10 trillion dollars which might seem expensive, but they are quite pretty.
This valuation is based on a real world one-pixel picture by a digital artist, Pak, that sold for US$1.36 million. It is a non-fungible token which uses blockchain to identify it, a technology that seems strange to most people, or least those that don’t have a spare million to buy a grey dot.
A million dollars will buy a house in many cities, feed a lot of hungry people, pay for 10 art teachers to explain why this is a great purchase or for 10 financial advisors to give advice on saving for your retirement.
Although not an art critic I know that some art is priceless but to me a single pixel seems only worthless./PN
