Fragments

Curated literary prose and incremental ideas still finding their final shape.

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

SEEDLING

I’ve noticed younger people are getting really comfortable prompting AI, and it makes me anxious that someday I might be the one being prompted.

"Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he worked was shattered as he realized that but little time remained to him in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know."

Stoner – John Williams

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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

Lord Byron

"Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not."

Cal Newport

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Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous "I don't know.

Wislawa Szymborska

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Lord Byron

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Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

""Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible.""

Don Norman

SEEDLING

"You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven."

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari

""And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.""

The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho

SEEDLING

.Having wisdom and persistent attention helps us notice them more quickly. It's less about striving for perfection and more about being attuned to our surroundings and situations.

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If you look closely, even the leaves rustling in the trees seem to greet you softly.

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It's so painful to hold out for 'perfection' before making a move.