Opinion by Kolade ChrisThoughtful, concise commentary on football, religion, social affairs, culture, history, and my interests beyond technology.https://opinion.koladechris.com/What I Learned From Quitting Something I Was Good Athttps://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/what-i-learned-quitting-something-i-was-good-at/https://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/what-i-learned-quitting-something-i-was-good-at/Being good at something and wanting to keep doing it turned out to be two completely different questions, and I'd been treating them as one.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTPersonalpersonalreflectiongrowthWhy We Keep Remaking the Same Ten Movieshttps://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/why-we-keep-remaking-movies/https://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/why-we-keep-remaking-movies/It's easy to blame Hollywood for a lack of imagination. The more interesting explanation is that remakes are solving a problem the audience created.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCultureculturefilmmediaThe Quiet Cost of Always Being Reachablehttps://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/quiet-cost-of-always-being-reachable/https://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/quiet-cost-of-always-being-reachable/We didn't just gain the ability to be reached anywhere, anytime. We lost the ability to be unreachable, and nobody voted on that trade.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSocietysocietytechnologyattentionDoubt Isn't the Opposite of Faithhttps://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/doubt-isnt-opposite-of-faith/https://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/doubt-isnt-opposite-of-faith/We've built a culture, religious and secular, that treats certainty as the goal. Most people who actually practice a faith know better.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTReligionreligionfaithbeliefWhy the Best Teams Aren't Always the Most Talentedhttps://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/best-teams-arent-most-talented/https://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/best-teams-arent-most-talented/Football keeps proving the same point every few years: a team that trusts its structure beats a team that trusts its stars.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTFootballfootballtacticsteamsWhat the Berlin Wall's Fall Actually Teaches Us About Changehttps://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/berlin-wall-lesson-on-change/https://opinion.koladechris.com/articles/berlin-wall-lesson-on-change/The Wall didn't fall because a general gave an order. It fell because thousands of ordinary decisions arrived at the same moment.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTHistoryhistorygermanycold-war