Jennifer Baez
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Jennifer Baez
The Gaia Theory sees planets, at least the Earth, as more than just balls of rocks and mud. They don’t think that Earth has life on it. They theorize that Earth is life itself — it’s living. The Gaia theory states that living things and all their non-living and inorganic surroundings evolve together as a single complex living organism. This
... See moreNikita Harindranath • The Gaia Theory
When we bemoan the lack of originality in the world, we blame it on the absence of creativity. If only people could generate more novel ideas, we'd all be better off. But in reality, the biggest barrier to originality is not idea generation-it's idea selection. In one analysis, when over two hundred people dreamed up more than a thousand ideas for
... See moreAdam Grant • Originals – Adam Grant
A system is a set of things-people, cells, molecules, or whatever-interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time
Donella Meadows • Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller
Such philosophies emphasize that we humans dwell within, not apart from, the network of felt relations, human and ecological, that shape our lives; and that we have possibilities for living creatively and compassionately amid these relations
Ecological Civilization
Though this is so many other scientists disagree with the Gaia theory since they feel like it needs more scientific and recorded proof to be legitimate. The scientific idea that Earth is like a cell, whose components (like the nucleus, mitochondria etc) comprise of living and non-living beings resonates with a lot of minds and goes with many
... See moreNikita Harindranath • The Gaia Theory
“Once a core belief is formed, you engage in what’s called a confirmation of bias; information that does not conform to your beliefs is discarded or ignored in favor of information that does.”
Dr. Nicole LePera • How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
Luck and risk are both the reality that every outcome in life is guided by forces other than individual effort. They are so similar that you can’t believe in one without equally respecting the other. They both happen because the world is too complex to allow 100% of your actions to dictate 100% of your outcomes. They are driven by the same thing:
... See moreMorgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
A system is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something. If you look at that definition closely for a minute, you can see that a system must consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections, and a function or purpose