James Stevens
@redwolfwhite
Well red and well read.
Came for the creativity. Stayed for the community.
James Stevens
" You never change things by fighting the existing reality. T o change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
Buckminster Fuller
Buckminster Fuller
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The Doors - "People Are Strange" 1967 HD (Official Video) 1080P Jim Morrison
youtube.comSteve Jobs energy transference was so strong it was labelled a Reality Distortion Field. He could bend other people's perception of reality with one interaction. I don't think this is some mystical woo-woo energy. It's a combination of intensity, frame, belief, body language, optimism and vocal tonality.
People are happy enough rich, and people are happy enough poor. But it’s hard to imagine anyone happy without a feeling that their actions have some impact, however small. Even if you’re not going to be remembered by history, you want to be remembered by your barista. The prisoner, though largely robbed of power, is probably happier if he can vex h... See more
Sasha Chapin • What the Humans Like Is Responsiveness
“Observing that demand for finer goods serves vastly different purposes and has different origins, Sombart suggests another distinction, namely that between idealistic or altruistic luxury and materialistic, egoistic luxury.
The former refers to expenditure on finer goods for public or ecclesiastical purposes, and he offers a gilded altar as an exa