Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
Thought poking
We giddy at the throughly of universal translators—they’re in everything from Star Trek to Marvel movies to Barbarella—but we seem disinterested in applying such a device to the non-humans already on our planet.
-Andrew Dana Hudson
meaning elephants, dolphins, apes, whales, cats, etc
from Pace Layers, pg. 257
Lighthearted—and funny—1954 perspective on poor quality American food
Acquiring money isn’t progress in itself
Progress comes from building and improving material things—communication, health and wellbeing, nutrition, transportation safety and speed, etc.
Progress happened in the 1800s and 1900s, but stalled going into the 2000s
Self-pity feels safer than responsibility.
Attention Required! | Cloudflare
The most significant criteria to use when selecting travel companions is: do they complain or not, even when complaints are justified? No complaining! Complaints are for the debriefing afterwards when travel is over.
Kevin Kelly • 50 Years of Travel Tips
Robert E. Price (source book author) • [Outliers] Sol Price: The Godfather of Costco, Walmart, and Modern Retail
Most people are too loyal to their distractions to ever meet their destiny.
The courage isn’t in taking on more, it’s in cutting off everything that doesn’t feed your goal.
Focus requires subtraction.
-Shane Parrish
my bold; from Brain Food #632
Darrow says of refugee Reds living in Tinos:
... See moreI stare down at the city, unable to find the words I need to say. I feel like a prisoner who spent his whole life digging through the wall, only to break through and find he’s only dug into another cell. Except there will always be another cell. And another. And another. These people are not living. They
from Pierce Brown’s Morning Star pg. 71
Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.