Jay Matthews

Instead we should take action and endeavor to grow it like Marie Curie. How? Simply by devoting ourselves to work that gives us deep fulfillment through meaning, flow and freedom . … Over time, a tangible and inspiring goal may quietly germinate, grow larger, and eventually flower into life.

On anxiety or curiosity as responses to a partner's 'other'-ness

I mean, faced with the unknown of our partners, we can either be anxious — and this is true with the unknown of life. We can be anxious, we can want to close the gap, we can want to seek the familiar in that space, or we can leave that space open and respond

to it with curiosity. And

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This book as a website is a rabbit-hole into the history of Futurism as an art movement at the start of the 20th century. The book has interesting prompts or perspectives for creativity as well as illuminating record of the problems within this movement. While for the most part we have moved past the precise content of these manifestos, many of the... See more

On Internet Scale Businesses

"In a world without future, each parting of friends is a death. In a world without future, each loneliness is final. In a world without future, each laugh is the last laugh. In a world without future, beyond the present lies nothingness, and people cling to the present as if hanging from a cliff."

"Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves" — Tim Berners-lee

Water World: From glaciers to rivers to our relationship with water across cultures and history. This chapter covers water cycles and our influence on the future of water.