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OWS is about original thinking. Original thinking is difficult in 2025 (almost 2026). There is so much noise out there. With how digitally connected we all are these days, it’s impossible to avoid information. My typical day (which is not likely to be much different than many others) is going from hours on end behind one screen (laptop/desktop), while mixing in my little screen (phone), and then transitioning some nights to a third screen in my house to “relax” (televisions). To say I need to go touch grass would be accurate. But to say I also can’t avoid information, advertisements, and more would also be accurate. So whether I want to or not, the hundreds of clicks I make on my screens in a day bring me into information. Because the algorithms love me, and much of my interests in the Fall are around football, of course, I’m seeing thoughts about the NFL. Then of course, there’s this little gig with OWS that I’m privileged to be a part of, which motivates me quite a bit more to make sure I’m up to date.
The byproduct of all of this is that by Fridays, when I sit down to write this piece, I am swimming upstream to give you original thoughts. Rewind three to four years ago, and honestly, it was different. But here in Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season, the only way to really zoom out properly is to avoid content and give myself a break. That’s basically what I did this week with one lone exception – reading JM’s Journal (that stuff is gold). Maybe this was, and maybe this wasn’t, the introduction you expected here today, but at least consider it a disclaimer as we build our lineup that is willing to lose in Week 11.
