Bits and Pieces
The way to end up with a good plan is not to start with a good plan, it's to start with some plan, and then slam that plan against reality until reality hands you a better plan.
Nate Soares • Dive in
Through one means or another, they kept their spirits up—mostly by building dreams.
Alfred Lansing • Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Amazing chart.
1. Teens' self-reported relationship with parents is near an all-time high and has generally increased since 2000
2. Teen satisfaction with life generally rose in between 1990 and 2008 and went straight down 2012-2020
via @jean_twenge, @JonHaidt... See more
“I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy…in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine.”
John Adams (Letter to Abigail Adams 12 May 1780)
