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- Oct 19, 11
I just want to seem psychic here and note that around July (2011) I started predicting with a high degree of certainty Romney was going to win the Republican presidential bid. People still don't get it, however such is life. There is no way the guy can lose. Not that he's the best candidate, Ron Paul is the only one who has notable integrity, it's that he'll say whatever it takes and he has a ton of money.
I'm available for psychic readings upon request. - Oct 15, 11
...and unfortunately I can only find it on facebook, so I can't embed it.
"She will explain, why u can't get what you want in life.
God can dream a bigger dream for me, for you than you can ever do for yourself.
When you have works as hard and done as much and strived and tried and given and plead and bargained and hoped.......Surrender.... When you have done all that you can do, and there is nothing left for you to do. Give it up. Give it up to that thing that is greater than yourself and let it then become a part of the flow. " - Oct 07, 11
Is that philosophers can admit not knowing. They can be human.
- Sep 26, 11
If you are the light, then it's impossible to go into the darkness. -Aaron Adams aka Dirt Bringthefunk Adams
- Sep 25, 11
Here's my great contribution to science: The speed of space (Or akasha, depending on your persuasion.) is way faster than the speed of light. Wherever light goes, space already beat it. Someone give me a prize.
- Sep 23, 11
life [lahyf] Show IPA noun, plural lives [lahyvz] Show IPA, adjective
noun
1.
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
2.
the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, especially metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment.
3.
the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual: to risk one's life; a short life and a merry one.
4.
a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul: eternal life.
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the general or universal condition of human existence: Too bad, but life is like that. - Sep 22, 11
I've been debating a lot lately as to where I'm going to complete my BA degree. Of course, being a somewhat intelligent character with good grades, schools like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UPenn., etc., have been the top choices but I'm beginning to realize something. Most of these schools are going to cost me a ton of money, and they probably wont accept most of my transfer credits which will add a considerable amount of time to my undergrad work. Plus, even if I don't go to a top tier university for my undergrad, providing I continue to do well at OSU I can still go for my masters. Ohio State is the cheapest school I can go to, and it will accept most of my transfer credits. Does this mean no more Harvard? We shall see.
- Sep 21, 11
“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh
“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh
“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
“Life is available only in the present moment.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh
“My actions are my only true belongings.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh
“Our own life has to be our message.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh - Sep 21, 11
I was sort of debating as to whether or not I wanted to put this in my public blog or my private one, but whatever goes into the public blog tends to stick out in my mind a bit more so I figured I'd go for it.
At any rate, I noticed that when I do TM, if I recite my mantra on my in-breath as opposed to my out-breath I get a better result. Also, while, I'm on the subject of TM, now that I'm completely straight edge, even going so far as to limit my caffeine intake to tea, I feel like I'm getting a lot more depth out of my practice. Could be a complete placebo, but it's a pretty awesome one if that's the case. - Sep 16, 11
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
...and, this isn't from Bill Cosby, but it came from the same girl on facebook so why not:
Fear does not stop death. It stops life. - Sep 15, 11My favorite point is when Hyon Gak points out that in Buddhism the term "True Self" is used as an analog for the word "God", neither term doing the concept justice as verbally (conceptually) doing the concept justice is beyond the human capacity to communicate.Also the bit about the bible verse (Mathew 18:4 I think: Whoever becomes like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.) is awesome. That's a really good thing to keep in mind, it's easy to start acting like we know something or are in control when almost always the opposite is true and it's better to just maintain a sense of wonder.
- Sep 12, 11Ok, well, the title is a bit over the top, but this is hopefully going in that direction. I wanted to make a quick note of something that came to me before but had never written down. I find it very interesting that if there is an all knowing being out there somewhere, life must be very boring for it. For example, if there is a God that knows everything that has happened and will happen, it must be a bit like playing a video game with no challenges in it. Just walking through levels that you've already seen the entirety of with nothing of interest going on. It definitely makes sense from a theological standpoint that us humans would have such a limited perspective on things, if God is in someway living through us, then we must be giving God something quite interesting to do, that is only made possible through our myopic finite perspectives. Maybe we are more or less a ride for God?In respect to that, while I'm brainstorming on the subject, it would seem that evolution is a force of nature with two phases, or purposes:1) To constantly push everything towards a more and more interesting experience for life itself, this would keep things from getting dull2) To reward those that are having the most (hopefully intelligent) fun.People seem attracted to those that are enjoying life. Women always fall for a smile, so to speak, meanwhile brilliant yet boring pensive nerdy types experience great failings when it comes to breeding. In this scenario, even if the underlying logistics are entirely wrong, I think it's a safe assumption that anyone living life based on this philosophy would be very successful, if at nothing else than having fun (Because they would consider it their divine responsibility.) and at genetic propagation as this would seem to induce the "always good humored" nature, potentially like unto that of the Hindu goddess Durga, or even Krishna, that people seem to be attracted to.Branching off this a bit, one other thought of interest that occurred to me is that in most fields of science and philosophy, it's very hard to tell what things will ultimately evolve into. Math for example, who knows how the universe will appear mathematically in 1000 years? Does Pi have an end? Will we find more flaws in Algebra? Or even more so in physics, will we discover the Higgs Boson? (My guess is no, but I digress.) However, in terms of moral philosophy and ethics, it seems we can reach the ultimate point of evolution immediately by saying that one's actions are best when they serve others as much as possible. In other words, when someone acts like Jesus more or less and they are capable of showing everyone love, and constantly doing good for themselves and others, this would be the final stop in the evolution of ethics. The question is then begged to be ask, to me at least, if someone were to try to act in this way, this ethically evolved manner, would it then hasten the evolution of other areas of thought by osmosis?
- Sep 11, 11
It's basically good for everything. There is ample research to support this, but honestly it just makes me feel better when I eat it. Here's a link if you need a starting point.
- Sep 13, 11
If you follow evolution to it's ultimate end, it would seem it actually ends up creating a God. I've been thinking about this for years and still haven't seen it written anywhere. I'd like to get credit for this idea in the future, as it seems smart and I want to seem smart too. Thanks internet.
- Sep 09, 11The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.-As I see it (1949)I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.
- Letter to Guy H. Raner Jr. (28 September 1949), from article by Michael R. Gilmore in Skeptic magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1997)
Taken on the whole, I would believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit... not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in what we believe is evil.- United Nations radio interview recorded in Einstein's study, Princeton, New Jersey, (1950)
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.- Letter of 1950, as quoted in The New York Times (29 March 1972) and The New York Post (28 November 1972). However, The New Quotable Einstein by Alice Calaprice (Princeton University Press, 2005: ISBN 0691120749), p. 206, has a different and presumably more accurate version of this letter, which she dates to February 12, 1950 and describes as "a letter to a distraught father who had lost his young son and had asked Einstein for some comforting words":
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion. Not to nourish it but to try to overcome it is the way to reach the attainable measure of piece of mind.
I have found no better expression than "religious" for confidence in the rational nature of reality, insofar as it is accessible to human reason. Whenever this feeling is absent, science degenerates into uninspired empiricism.- Letter to Maurice Solovine, (1 January 1951) [Einstein Archive 21-174]; published in Letters to Solovine (1993)
I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values. I am not thinking so much of the dangers with which technical progress has directly confronted mankind, as of the stifling of mutual human considerations by a "matter-of-fact" habit of thought which has come to lie like a killing frost upon human relations. ... The frightful dilemma of the political world situation has much to do with this sin of omission on the part of our civilization.Without "ethical culture," there is no salvation for humanity.- "The Need for Ethical Culture" celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Ethical Culture Society, founded by Felix Adler (5 January 1951).
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.- Letter to California student E. Holzapfel (March 1951) Einstein Archive 59-1013, quoted in Albert Einstein, the Human Side (1979) by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, and in The New Quotable Einstein (2005) by Alice Calaprice
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.- Letter to Carl Seelig (11 March 1952), Einstein Archives 39-013
What I particularly admire in him is the firm stand he has taken, not only against the oppressors of his countrymen, but also against those opportunists who are always ready to compromise with the Devil. He perceives very clearly that the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.- Einstein's tribute to Pablos Casals (30 March 1953), in Conversations with Casals (1957), by Josep Maria Corredor, translated from Conversations avec Pablo Casals : souvenirs et opinions d'un musicien (1955).
The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. … For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them.- Gutkind Letter (3 January 1954), "Childish superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear". The Guardian. 13 May 2008.
The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when contemplating the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of the mystery every day. The important thing is not to stop questioning; never lose a holy curiosity.- Statement to William Miller, as quoted in LIFE magazine (2 May 1955)
Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.- As quoted by LIFE magazine (2 May 1955)
I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science. If there is any such concept as a God, it is a subtle spirit, not an image of a man that so many have fixed in their minds. In essence, my religion consists of a humble admiration for this illimitable superior spirit that reveals itself in the slight details that we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds.- As quoted in The Private Albert Einstein (1992) by Peter A. Bucky and Allen G. Weakland, p. 86
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. All great discoveries have involved such a leap.- As quoted in Futurevision : Ideas, Insights, and Strategies (1996) by Howard F. Didsbury, p. 104
Never memorize what you can look up in books.The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it. This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientist do, each in his own fashion. Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way the peace and security which he cannot find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.- As quoted in "What Life Means to Einstein : An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck" in The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 202 (26 October 1929), p. 117
I do not believe in a God who maliciously or arbitrarily interferes in the personal affairs of mankind. My religion consists of an humble admiration for the vast power which manifests itself in that small part of the universe which our poor, weak minds can grasp!- Wisehart interview (1930?)I have only two rules which I regard as principles of conduct. The first is: Have no rules. The second is: Be independent of the opinion of others.M. K. Wisehart, A Close Look at the World's Greatest Thinker, American Magazine, June 1930. Quotes from the interview appear on pp. 52-53 of The Twelve Powers of Man by Charles FillmoreVariant translation: It is easy to follow in the sacred writings of the Jewish people the development of the religion of fear into the moral religion, which is carried further in the New Testament. The religions of all civilized peoples, especially those of the Orient, are principally moral religions. An important advance in the life of a people is the transformation of the religion of fear into the moral religion.New York Times Magazine (9 November 1930)How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another, if it can give rise to no definite notion of a God and no theology? In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it.New York Times Magazine (9 November 1930)I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves — this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty. The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. Without the sense of kinship with men of like mind, without the occupation with the objective world, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific endeavors, life would have seemed empty to me. The trite objects of human efforts — possessions, outward success, luxury — have always seemed to me contemptible.Mein Weltbild (1931)My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced lack of need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities.Mein Weltbild (1931)The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was the experience of mystery — even if mixed with fear — that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity. In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man.Mein Weltbild (1931)Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited for a short stay, without knowing the whys and the wherefore. In our daily lives we only feel that man is here for the sake of others, for those whom we love and for many other beings whose fate is connected with our own. I am often worried at the thought that my life is based to such a large extent on the work of my fellow human beings and I am aware of my great indebtedness to them.My Credo (1932)I do not believe in freedom of the will. Schopenhauer's words: “Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills” accompany me in all situations throughout my life and reconcile me with the actions of others even if they are rather painful to me. This awareness of the lack of freedom of will preserves me from taking too seriously myself and my fellow men as acting and deciding individuals and from losing my temper.My Credo (1932)My passion for social justice has often brought me into conflict with people, as did my aversion to any obligation and dependence I do not regard as absolutely necessary. I always have a high regard for the individual and have an insuperable distaste for violence and clubmanship.
All these motives made me into a passionate pacifist and anti-militarist. I am against any nationalism, even in the guise of mere patriotism. Privileges based on position and property have always seemed to me unjust and pernicious, as did any exaggerated personality cult.My Credo (1932)I am an adherent of the ideal of democracy, although I well know the weaknesses of the democratic form of government. Social equality and economic protection of the individual appeared to me always as the important communal aims of the state.
Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated.My Credo (1932)The most beautiful and deepest experience a man can have is the sense of the mysterious. It is the underlying principle of religion as well as all serious endeavor in art and science. He who never had this experience seems to me, if not dead, then at least blind. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is a something that our mind cannot grasp and whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly and as a feeble reflection, this is religiousness.
In this sense I am religious. To me it suffices to wonder at these secrets and to attempt humbly to grasp with my mind a mere image of the lofty structure of all that there is.My Credo (1932)Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.- Letter to his son Eduard (5 February 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), p. 367
- Sep 07, 11
I don't want to do anything in life where the results couldn't be appreciated by a child living in a favela.
- Sep 05, 11The world's energy needs are currently placing an extremely heavy burden upon the future. Right now, all the raw fuel that we extract from our planet, whether it be fossil fuel, natural gas, or fissile materials like uranium, are being extracted with the knowledge that anything we take out of the earth can't be put back in. Therefor, there is no 100% sustainable fuel we can extract from the planet at this point, however some fuels are better than others in terms of their longevity and environmental impact. The most efficient solution in terms of the cost to energy ratio of all the different modes of creating energy is nuclear, however this is also the most risky in many respects, and with regards to uranium, it is very unlikely to be a sustainable practice using the current technology legally available in the US. (MIT) While reprocessing uranium is possible to generate more energy from less material, it is very dangerous for a variety of reasons and the US has taken a lead in avoiding this practice. (Nature) However, there is a potential solution, using thorium rather than uranium which is much more abundant and safer to reprocess. (Biohydrogen)There is three to four times more thorium available in the earth's surface than uranium. (Britanica) Plus thorium can be reprocessed much more safely than uranium as it is harder to extract weapons grade fissile material from, (Biohydrogen) making it much less of a threat to national security. The waste from thorium reactors is 10 to 10000 times less long-lived than the waste from uranium or plutonium reactors. (Biohydrogen) Thorium comes out of the ground 100% ready to be used whereas uranium must be processed extensively. (Biohydrogen) Also, and most importantly for me, once thorium stops being primed it wont continue in a nuclear chain reaction, which makes the probability of a disaster much lower. (Biohydrogen)There are dangers associated with all types of nuclear fuel, and also extracting any fuel from the earth is going to have some sort of environmental impact, but it is my belief that building breeder reactors using thorium is the most efficient way to move forward. From the standpoint of a geologist it is very abundant compared to other nuclear options and the processing of it has much less of an environmental impact than uranium or plutonium. India is currently taking the lead in using thorium to supply it's future energy demands due to it's large reserves of the substance and it's lack of uranium. (World Nuclear Association) However, America like most countries has extremely large reserves of thorium as well, and with the current state of our uranium based nuclear program being questioned due to it's unsustainable nature and the massive dangers that have been brought to light in japan recently, it seems that we should follow India's lead in using a safer more abundant nuclear fuel.Biohydrogen: for future engine fuel demands: http://books.google.com/books?id=1w9DMBh7JOUC&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q&f=falseWorld Nuclear Association: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf53.html
- Sep 05, 11
Enlightenment is a state in which one is constantly able to see the good in things. An enlightened person can see the good in others and bring that out in them.
There is no such thing as an enlightened person having omniscience. If this was true Jesus and the Buddha would have been able to be a much bigger help to humanity by explaining things like physics, mathematics, geology, etc. We could then use their teachings on these subjects today to validate their claims about other things during their time, however they mostly spoke (probably correctly) about moral issues, and issues of conduct that don't have scientific proofs. If Jesus, Buddha, or anyone else had omniscience they could have created DVDs and audio lectures which would have been buried for us to find today, removing any doubt that they indeed we're promoting ultimate truths. However, this isn't the case. In fact, what we have is ample evidence clearly showing that these advanced beings were in fact mortal humans, dealing with the same limitations of the human condition as everyone else; although they had overcome ordinary human burdens to a much greater extent.Using their heightened sense of morality sages have always been able to earn the love of their followers. With this morality also comes integrity, which is the foundation of all true genius. It is the application of this genius in a consistent and effective way that I believe to be true enlightenment. Genius applied to uplifting the morality of mankind and the betterment of conditions for all life is enlightenment. The ability to see a better course of action then the one currently being enacted and to promote that in a way to where people feel loved is enlightened behavior. Being able to express the most love possible and helping others to do so as well is enlightenment."...hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule. The world does not know that we must all come to an end here, but those who know it, their quarrels cease at once." -Dhammapada
- Sep 03, 11By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.Collapse this post
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. - Sep 03, 11
From www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2011/09/found_quotes_10.php
It's always important to remember that you're only a customer if you pay money for a product. If it's "free", you're the product being sold. -- Thomas Fuchs, Twitter August 20, 2011
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Nature. -- Karl Schroeder, Charlie's Diary, August 12, 2011
We become more normal when we actually know what is going on -- we are more unpredictable when we don't. -- David Hassanpour, New York Times, August 29, 2011.
As the 2000s proceeded, the interval between something happening and its being revisited seemed to shrink insidiously.” -- Simom Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past, 2011, page xii.
What is more pleasant than the benevolent notice other people take of us, what is more agreeable than their compassionate empathy? … Attention by other people is the most irresistible of drugs. To receive it outshines receiving any other kind of income. This is why glory surpasses power and why wealth is overshadowed by prominence. -- Georg Franck, The Economy of Attention, December 7, 1999
I still remember exactly where I was, standing in a Dolores Street apartment with a cereal bowl in my hand, when [Steve Jobs] came on TV to say a competitor had no poetry. It made me think poetry had a place in business and that in turn made me think I had a place in business, too. -- Glenn Kelman, Redfin Corporate Blog, August 24, 2011
Computers: They are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso, in In Search of Genius, 1982, by William Fifield, p. 140, and p. 40.
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is in the doing something else. - Tom Peters, Chicago Tribune, July 11, 1994.
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. -- Apple's Think Different ad, 1997
Asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime. -- Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore, 2006, p. 255.
The Morningside Cannibals: a circle of polite middle-class people who dined out on each other, with aid of a medical tissue incubator tank. In the end they, they were reported to the Procurator Fiscal for outraging public decency and corpse desecration: a flimsy case, as the defense barristers pointed out in court, given the dinner parties in question were strictly private affairs, and the human flesh on the plates had been cloned from ladies who were not only still alive but willing to testify that their own cultured meat tasted nothing like chicken. -- Charlie Stross, Rule 34, 2011 (Via John Powers)
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