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“One way is to choose people who are 10 times better than everyone else, who can produce 10 times more, and who will be 10 times more valuable to the business. The other way is to choose people based on whether you enjoy working with them, if they make you better, or if they help you express your voice, taste, or capabilities.”
— Anu Atluru
But even if we fail to halt the decline, it will not be the end of hope. The forces we face may be powerful and ruthless. They may have the capacity to plunge us into a terrifying dystopia, one where we will see our freedoms curtailed and widespread economic deprivation. But no tyranny in history has crushed the human capacity for love. And this
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
I couldn’t help but come to the conviction, right there on the bus, that one of the most important questions modern man must ask himself is how much time he is willing to spend being passively entertained.
Because creative people with brighter visions of the future, don’t have the personality to fight against the “take over the world” types
We lose a lot of potential paths
Reggie Jamesx.comHuman history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness. But if what is human in human beings has not been destroyed even now, then evil will never conquer.
Chris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
“An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he’s AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you’re constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you’ll sort of be alright.”
— Bob Dylan
A lesson I need to learn: It's ok to disappoint other people if you avoid disappointing yourself.