Thursday, January 2, 2020

Keith Richards did it at 74.

At FT Alphaville, trendspotter Izabella Kaminska—she's very good at it, sometimes spotting things that don't become generally acknowledged for months or, in the case of venture capitalists subsidizing Uber rides, years—trendspotter Izzy, via today's FTAV Further Reading post directs our attention to this tidbit at The Economist:
Is drinking going out of fashion? 
I am aware of such things because of an obsessive desire to outlive Keith Richards, a race I fear losing despite his having many years of aging on me.
Empathetic reader can imagine how distraught I was seeing this in December 2018:
Keith Richards Is Done Drinking: 'It Was Time to Quit'