Christopher Dael
@dael
Explore Boldly. Tread Carefully.
Christopher Dael
strong.dael.us
“That is a great question. And I have time for one more.”
Joyce (St. Denis - NBC)
You have to begin.
Go, do it badly at first,
with sweaty palms
and shaking limbs
and gaps in what you know.
You have to start,
and perhaps you won’t feel ready
or like you’ve fully prepared.
Perhaps you’ll feel too late, too small, too scared.
But it’s okay that you did not appear on earth
with all the skills and information.
It’s okay that there are things
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The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.
Edward O. Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom -
Isaac Asimov
Max Tegmark • Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence [Paperback] Tegmark,
Essentialists accept the reality that we can never fully anticipate or prepare for every scenario or eventuality; the future is simply too unpredictable. Instead, they build in buffers to reduce the friction caused by the unexpected.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Essentialists spend as much time as possible exploring, listening, debating, questioning, and thinking.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
The way of the Essentialist is the relentless pursuit of less but better. It doesn’t mean occasionally giving a nod to the principle. It means pursuing it in a disciplined way.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
I saw a man at the library counter holding a benefits letter.
He said, “They told me to upload proof, but I don’t have a laptop.”
The librarian opened a browser and said, “We can scan and send it from here.”
Ten minutes later, he exhaled and said, “That would’ve... See more
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