Let us see best and worst humanity can do. Despite the consequences.
Gladiator fights is different thing and modern weapons make them rather boring. And somethings like biological weapons could take too long time to be effective, so you only see one person keeling over...
For context, I'd thought I wouldn't like pro cycling as a spectator sport, since my exposure to it was just from Tour de France and track cycling both of which I find somewhat ridiculous for different reasons. But I was totally riveted by the road races at the Olympics this year.
(Aside: What's up with the "cute dogs" in the title? The article body text has nothing to say about dogs.)
> Vermeulen produces a popular YouTube series starring his dog, Sir Willie the Wiener, riding on his back.
Not the video you asked for, but that is one cute dog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqhhadyMntk
Frankly, "a collaboration between you and the brand to tell a real story", translated back to the software world, sounds to me like a way to always be living on what you have coming, instead of having the ability to live off of what you have built.
> I’m now making a lot more than I was on a factory team and feel more secure than ever. My salary is diversified across many brands, but if you’re on a team and they have a bad year, that has huge consequences.
Presumably this isn't true for everyone, and most low level domestiques are better off getting $60,000 a year from their team (more or less guaranteed - even if the contract is only for a year and there's some risk of bankruptcy) than rolling the dice on an Instagram/YouTube/TikTok career.