There’s soo much magic in youth
You have within you more resources of energy than have ever been tapped, more talent than has ever been exploited, more strength than has ever been tested, more to give than you have ever given.
You know about some of the gifts that you have left undeveloped. Would you believe that you have gifts and possibilities you don't even know about? It's tru
... See moreJohn Gardner • Personal Renewal
“If your world is not enchanted, you’re not paying attention.”
Alex Dobrenko • The Bucket Theory of Creativity
Youth and not complaining
I think a lot of kids are in that situation where you know ultimately they're just not being given the codes.
They have, they have unlimited curiosity, but really are not being given the codes.
Baukunst • This Could Still Be a Movement: Why Mars Needs a Creative Director
“The anditode to doom is curiosity.”
-Ezra Klein
One of my great joys is that my son Dev wants to build worlds and approaches almost everything through the lens of “Will this help me build a world?” I can see the question opening up places in his mind. My job now is to protect that question-led curiosity at all costs.
Packy McCormick • Long Questions/Short Answers Long Questions/Short Answers
Embrace naivety
There’s soo much magic in youth
I think I probably philosophically disagree with the statement that we've destroyed Earth. But this is about the mirror; this is about thinking larger and creating images that will solve these things as byproducts. If you fundamentally disagree with that perception, then there’s kind of like nowhere to go, right conversationally between us. But if
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“Why are we in all these conflicts? Because the images y'all make suck. That's the youth culture answer for you. The images y'all make suck. Marge is a better image, and it's gonna solve these things in a far more interesting way.'“
Reggie James
Young people look at so many of the status games of older folks—what brand of car is parked in your garage, what neighborhood can you afford to live in, how many levels below CEO are you in your org—and then look at apps like Vine and Musical.ly, and they choose the only real viable and thus optimal path before them. Remember the second tenet: peop
... See moreEugene Wei • Status as a Service (StaaS) — Remains of the Day
Believing in magic can be an irresponsible thing to do if it leads you to disengage from your material responsibilities– but if you’re a responsible person trying to get meaningful work done, and there’s a real possibility that something wonderful could happen and make everything tremendously better, it’s worth making a little space for, isn’t it?