Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
“human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.”
Maria Popova • Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
- Greatness starts with superb people.
Patricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
Emanating from these lives are larger questions about the measure of a good life and what it means to leave a lasting mark of betterment on an imperfect world: Are achievement and acclaim enough for happiness? Is genius? Is love? Weaving through the narrative is a set of peripheral figures — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, Elizabeth Barrett Br... See more
Maria Popova • Figuring
“I believe that the flowering of such knowledge invariably lifts our sights, bolsters our understanding of who we are, satisfies our curiosity and, by enabling us to be more rounded and capacious as human beings, prepares us to be better stewards of a shared purpose,” she said.
Susan H. Greenberg • Ruth Simmons Delivers Stirring Tribute to the Humanities
properly scaled human economy or technology allows a diversity of other creatures to thrive.”
Janine M. Benyus • Biomimicry
The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One by Margaret Lobenstine (New York: Harmony, 2006).
Josh Kaufman • The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast!
The extinction of curiosity stifles our imaginations, paralyzing our ability to author better futures.
Seth Goldenberg • Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures
Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class (Forerunners: Ideas First)
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