April 2012
33 posts
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
– Leo Tolstoy
WatchThis music video for the piano composition “The Bright Motion” by Mark Dancigers is a love letter to New York City. It’s beautiful and breathtaking. The pianist in the video, Michael Mizarhi, is someone I had the privilege of performing in a piano quartet with for a couple years in high school. We were called The Smharb Quartet. Brahms spelled backwards. NERD ALERT!
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to...”
– Unknown
“Thomas Mann observed that “a writer is somebody for whom writing is more...”
– Geoff Hart on “mental friction and the five ways that consistency matters (via explore-blog)
“The successful scientist thinks like a poet but works like a bookkeeper.”
– Legendary Harvard sociobiologist E.O. Wilson adds to the best definitions of science. (via explore-blog)
“All of science is uncertain and subject to revision. The glory of science is to...”
– Freeman Dyson and other thinkers, from Feynman to Asimov to Curie, define science. (via explore-blog)
Balloons in the streets of Kabul
“I’m roaming in Kabul’s old city amongst the cool shadows of the early morning. In a tiny backstreet I pass a woman carrying a sack of rice, some cooking oil, and a balloon. She is not wearing a burqa. She sees my camera and whispers to me in Dari “take my picture”. An Afghan woman has never asked me to take her photograph before. I imagine it is forbidden, Haram, but...
“Some people are so poor, all they have is money.”
– Unknown
“Valuable stories are ones that contain teachable moments.”
– Jonathan Harris
“Invention comes in many forms and at many scales. The most radical and...”
– Jeff Bezos in a letter to shareholders.
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein
“A chef will tell you that sharp knives are safer than dull ones, since they do...”
– Unknown
“The act of feeling frustrated is an essential part of the creative process....”
– Jonah Lehrer on the importance of frustration in the creative process. 