Manyul and I both received our PhDs from the University of Michigan, so I must call attention to Sam Crane’s blog post concerning UM basketball player Jon Horford’s fascination with the Dao De Jing. Michigan plays for the National Championship on Monday night; as Sam says, Do Nothing Blue — and there is nothing that will be undone!
Warp, Weft, and Way
Chinese and Comparative Philosophy 中國哲學與比較哲學
In the story that Sam cites, there’s no mention of this having been the result of a course that Horford took. Perhaps it is a case of not teaching yet the students reading everything. Intellectual curiosity is hard to find in students; kudos to Horford!
Thanks! I posted about this over at Taoish, too (and stole your title). We have a whole category about sports; I’m working on a longish piece about the Dao of Chip Kelly’s coaching.