How Will It End?
From Notes on the Week Ahead by Dr. David Kelly
March 16, 2026 · 10 min · Episode 334
About this episode
Dr. David Kelly discusses the benefits of marathon training and the conversations he has with his running buddy about world issues.
One of the benefits of my marathon training is that, most weekends, I get to jog over the Newton and Wellesley hills with my running buddy, John, who happens to be a financial advisor. Over the course of three hours we solve the problems of the world, reviewing them with dour pessimism at the start of our run and assessing them with breezy optimism later on, as the running endorphins kick in.
People in this episode
Host: Dr. David Kelly
Topics covered
- marathon training
- financial advice
- optimism
- pessimism
- running
- world problems
Keywords
- marathon training
- financial advisor
- Newton
- Wellesley
- optimism
- pessimism
- running
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Newton, Wellesley
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