February 2012
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“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good,...”
– Howard Aiken
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“In every work of genius, we recognize our once rejected thoughts.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“He who thinks great thoughts, often makes great errors”
– Martin Heidegger
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“I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are...”
– Confucius
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“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.”
– Pablo Picasso
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“Moral of the story: the internet makes dumb people dumber and smart people...”
– The Internet is a Major Driver of the Growth of Cognitive Inequality | Mother Jones
“cognitive inequality”
(via new-aesthetic)
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“The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds...”
– Carl Ally
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“Success is on the far side of failure.”
– Thomas Watson Sr.
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“The slightest advantage in one being, at any age or during any season, over...”
– Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
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“Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is...”
– Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
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“Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.”
– Cicero
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“1. Stories provide low-cost, low-risk surrogate experience. They satisfy a need...”
– Denis Dutton, The Art Instinct
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“…human beings achieve pleasure by catering to cognitive preferences that...”
– Denis Dutton, The Art Instinct
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