Why You Should Tilt at Windmills (and Other Quixotic Reflections) (excerpt)
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Why You Should Tilt at Windmills (and Other Quixotic Reflections) (excerpt)
Gleanings so far, from a life devoted to imagination
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Whereas “goal” has become a tired and bloodless descriptor for the (supposed) intention to do something great, the word quest instills the right mentality for achieving a real-life personal victory:
A quest is an adventure, and you expect it to be one. You expect a quest to take you into a new and unfamiliar landscape. You expect there to be puzzles... See more
A quest is an adventure, and you expect it to be one. You expect a quest to take you into a new and unfamiliar landscape. You expect there to be puzzles... See more
David Cain • Do Quests, Not Goals
As the mathematicians of Kroton knew two and a half millennia ago, utopian thinking is an essential ingredient of progress—whether unraveling the mysteries of the universe or ensuring that the burden of care work doesn’t always fall disproportionately on anyone’s shoulders. It’s time to let our imaginations run wild.