Minsuk Kang 강민석

To be a gardener is to give a fuck. To be a gardener is to be invested in a place—to know it, to protect it, to be present to it. How can we protect and heal ourselves and our planet if we’re not willing to step into, and value, the role of the gardener?

The veneration of elders may be gone, but not because it has been replaced by veneration of youth. It’s been replaced by veneration of the independent self. Excerpt From Being Mortal Atul Gawande

The invention of paper in China around 105 AD made writing significantly easier and more accessible. Faster and cheaper to produce than papyrus and parchment – one Bible required the skins of 300 sheep to produce – it contributed to the spread of literacy to the masses.

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what you're aiming for, because if you don't try to be the best, you won't even be good. This observation has been made by so many people in so many different fields that it might be worth thinking about why it's true. It could be because ambition is a phenomenon where almost all the error is in one direction — where almost all the... See more