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Those who fear appearing foolish rarely discover anything new. The genius of tomorrow often looks like an idiot today.
Everyone I know is scheming for the future. They’ve got big goals and get up every day and work like mad to try to achieve them. I’ve always found something odd about that: Despite all this effort, people don’t seem to think too much about the specifics of what would happen after their goal is achieved.
dynomight • Nobody optimizes happiness
It's easy to think of ourselves as separated from everything, but this is not true. We are as much the universe as a neutron star or a black hole or a nebula. Even better, actually, we are its thinking and feeling part: the centre organs of the universe.
Kurzgesagt • Optimistic Nihilism
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser • 16 highlights
amazon.com
That is unquestionably the most astounding thing about us—that we are just a collection of inert components, the same stuff you would find in a pile of dirt. I’ve said it before in another book, but I believe it’s worth repeating: the only
Bill Bryson • The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Everything you consume online shapes the way you think..👇
If you’re constantly surrounded by drama, your brain starts to expect it.
If you’re surrounded by people who teach, inspire, and challenge you, your mind expands.
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instagram.comIt never ceases to stagger that some stroke of chance in the early history of the universe set into motion the Rube Goldberg machine of events that turned atoms born in the first stars into you — into this temporary clump of borrowed stardust that, for the brief interlude between not having existed and no longer existing, gets to have ideas and ice... See more