Two Thoughts (27 July - 2 August)
Plus WHITE MIRROR now available!
WHITE MIRROR is now available for purchase! Get your copy of this beautiful collection of sci-fi stories, intentionally crafted as an optimistic counterpoint to the pessimistic and dystopian themes that have dominated science fiction and popular culture for decades.
Get your sunglasses on, because the future is looking bright…
Sunday, 27 July
Two thoughts from Gertrude Himmelfarb
"Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success."
"The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom."
Monday, 28 July
Two thoughts from Bill James
"There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve."
“If you challenge conventional wisdom, you will find ways to do things much better than they are currently done.”
Tuesday, 29 July
Two thoughts from Clay Shirky
"Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."
"We're not good at thinking fast. We are good at feeling fast."
Wednesday, 30 July
Two thoughts from Steven Johnson
"We are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them."
"Those that regularly come into contact with people having diverse interests and viewpoints are more likely to come up with innovative ideas."
Thursday, 31 July
Two thoughts from Janine Benyus
"The answers to our questions are everywhere; we just need to change the lens with which we see the world."
"Nature's design palette is infinite, and we have only scratched the surface of what we can learn from it."
Friday, 1 August
Two thoughts from Charles C. Mann
"Jefferson was rich and sophisticated, but his life was closer to the lives of people in the Iron Age than it was to ours."
“Few things are more sublime or characteristically human than the cross-fertilization of cultures.”
Saturday, 2 August
Two thoughts from Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.”
“Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.”
Follow Jim on Twitter for a daily dose of Two Thoughts!
Dear Jim,
Great quotes this week! Some of my faves:
Clay Shirky:
"Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."
"We're not good at thinking fast. We are good at feeling fast."
Steven Johnson:
"We are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them."
"Those that regularly come into contact with people having diverse interests and viewpoints are more likely to come up with innovative ideas."
Janine Benyus:
"The answers to our questions are everywhere; we just need to change the lens with which we see the world."
"Nature's design palette is infinite, and we have only scratched the surface of what we can learn from it."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali:
“It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.”
Thank you for sharing as always!
Love
Myq