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I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
-- Petronius Arbiter (circa 60 CE)

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I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
-- Petronius Arbiter (circa 60 CE)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PetroniusArbiter #Confusion #Progress #Reorganization

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
-- Peter Ustinov

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PeterUstinov #Choices #UnitedStates

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
-- Peter Ustinov

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PeterUstinov #Choices #UnitedStates

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Ingredients of Happiness: Friends, Freedom, and Reflection
-- Epicurus (341-270 BCE)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Epicurus #Freedom #Friendship #Happiness #Reflection

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Ingredients of Happiness: Friends, Freedom, and Reflection
-- Epicurus (341-270 BCE)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Epicurus #Freedom #Friendship #Happiness #Reflection

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

If your brain is always multitasking, or responding to technoprompts, there is no time or energy for undirected mental play. Furthermore, if you are consumed by the same information loop circulating around everyone else, you don't have anything to stimulate you into thinking differently. ... You don't have access to unexpected knowledge. You're just swept along in the same narrow current as everyone else, which is swift but not deep.
-- David Brooks (Newsweek)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidBrooks #Creativity #Multitasking #Play #Thinking

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

If your brain is always multitasking, or responding to technoprompts, there is no time or energy for undirected mental play. Furthermore, if you are consumed by the same information loop circulating around everyone else, you don't have anything to stimulate you into thinking differently. ... You don't have access to unexpected knowledge. You're just swept along in the same narrow current as everyone else, which is swift but not deep.
-- David Brooks (Newsweek)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidBrooks #Creativity #Multitasking #Play #Thinking

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
-- Abraham Maslow

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AbrahamMaslow #ProblemSolving

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
-- Abraham Maslow

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
-- C. P. Snow

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #CPSnow #Happiness

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
-- C. P. Snow

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Why? ... Why not?
-- Timothy Leary (last words)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TimothyLeary #Death #Life

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Why? ... Why not?
-- Timothy Leary (last words)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TimothyLeary #Death #Life

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Forget about the moral imperative of creating a more stable, just world. The world is becoming increasingly connected and intertwined. Allowing injustice and human despair to fester will ultimately bring a pay back, even to those who might think they are most immune from it.
-- Gerry McGovern (The Caring Economy)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GerryMcGovern #Justice

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Forget about the moral imperative of creating a more stable, just world. The world is becoming increasingly connected and intertwined. Allowing injustice and human despair to fester will ultimately bring a pay back, even to those who might think they are most immune from it.
-- Gerry McGovern (The Caring Economy)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GerryMcGovern #Justice

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannise their teachers.
-- Socrates

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Socrates #Children

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannise their teachers.
-- Socrates

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Socrates #Children

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Open source is free like a puppy is free.
-- Scott McNealy (CEO, Sun Microsystems)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ScottMcNealy #Computers #OpenSource

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Open source is free like a puppy is free.
-- Scott McNealy (CEO, Sun Microsystems)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ScottMcNealy #Computers #OpenSource

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude.
-- Mary Oliver

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MaryOliver #Writing

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude.
-- Mary Oliver

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MaryOliver #Writing

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

In the end, you're either a person who controls and uses computers or someone who is controlled and used by them.
-- Andy Ihnatko

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AndyIhnatko #Computers

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

In the end, you're either a person who controls and uses computers or someone who is controlled and used by them.
-- Andy Ihnatko

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AndyIhnatko #Computers

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Nowadays, there's no imagination required, the realism is so advanced.
-- Videogame Aficionado

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #VideogameAficionado #Imagination #VideoGames

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Nowadays, there's no imagination required, the realism is so advanced.
-- Videogame Aficionado

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #VideogameAficionado #Imagination #VideoGames

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

If no one goes first, no one goes anywhere.
-- Anonymous

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

If no one goes first, no one goes anywhere.
-- Anonymous

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Anonymous #Leadership

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

There are two ultimate fears, the annihilation of solitude and the annihilation of the crowd. We lose our identities if we are alone with no one to reflect us back on ourselves... or we lose our identities if we are in a mass of others; anonymous, corporate, overwhelmed by the babble.
-- Ian McDonald

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #IanMcDonald #Crowds #Solitude

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

There are two ultimate fears, the annihilation of solitude and the annihilation of the crowd. We lose our identities if we are alone with no one to reflect us back on ourselves... or we lose our identities if we are in a mass of others; anonymous, corporate, overwhelmed by the babble.
-- Ian McDonald

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #IanMcDonald #Crowds #Solitude

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

It is one of the ironies of our time that, while concentrating on the defense of our country against enemies from without, we should be so heedless of those who would destroy it from within.
-- Rachel Carson (1953)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RachelCarson #Conservation #Nature

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

It is one of the ironies of our time that, while concentrating on the defense of our country against enemies from without, we should be so heedless of those who would destroy it from within.
-- Rachel Carson (1953)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RachelCarson #Conservation #Nature

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Tim was so learned he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
-- Benjamin Franklin

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BenjaminFranklin #Ignorance

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Tim was so learned he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
-- Benjamin Franklin

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BenjaminFranklin #Ignorance

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
-- Oscar Wilde

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OscarWilde #Enemies #Forgiveness

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
-- Oscar Wilde

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OscarWilde #Enemies #Forgiveness

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.
-- Steve Jobs

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SteveJobs #Design

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.
-- Steve Jobs

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SteveJobs #Design

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

The genius of fascism is that any political structure can host the virus and virtually any developed country can become a suitable home. Fascism talks ideology but it is really just marketing for power.
-- Toni Morrison (Racism and Fascism)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ToniMorrison #Fascism #Marketing #Politics #Power

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

The genius of fascism is that any political structure can host the virus and virtually any developed country can become a suitable home. Fascism talks ideology but it is really just marketing for power.
-- Toni Morrison (Racism and Fascism)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ToniMorrison #Fascism #Marketing #Politics #Power

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
-- Douglas Adams

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Deadlines

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
-- Douglas Adams

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Deadlines

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

We live in a nation where the winner of the most powerful office in the land may have been decided by a lousy user interface. So, if typical Americans have trouble choosing the right options on a butterfly ballot -- a sheet of paper with four arrows on the left, four arrows on the right and eight holes in the middle -- how can they be expected to figure out today's computers, Web sites and portable gadgets?
-- Rory O'Connor (Interactive Week)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RoryOConnor #Computers #Politics

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

We live in a nation where the winner of the most powerful office in the land may have been decided by a lousy user interface. So, if typical Americans have trouble choosing the right options on a butterfly ballot -- a sheet of paper with four arrows on the left, four arrows on the right and eight holes in the middle -- how can they be expected to figure out today's computers, Web sites and portable gadgets?
-- Rory O'Connor (Interactive Week)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RoryOConnor #Computers #Politics

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Activity back of a very small idea will produce more than inactivity and the planning of genius.
-- James A. Worsham

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesAWorsham #Action

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Activity back of a very small idea will produce more than inactivity and the planning of genius.
-- James A. Worsham

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

I'll play with it first and tell you what it is later.
-- Miles Davis

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MilesDavis #Creativity #Jazz

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

I'll play with it first and tell you what it is later.
-- Miles Davis

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MilesDavis #Creativity #Jazz

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
-- Barbara De Angelis

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BarbaraDeAngelis #Anger #Love #ThePast

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
-- Barbara De Angelis

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BarbaraDeAngelis #Anger #Love #ThePast

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Education #Professors

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Education #Professors

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Increasingly, work and learning are becoming the same thing.
-- Don Tapscott

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DonTapscott #Learning #Work

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Increasingly, work and learning are becoming the same thing.
-- Don Tapscott

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DonTapscott #Learning #Work

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

The single biggest threat to learning the truth is cherry-picked data.
-- Edward Tufte (Presenting Data and Information Short Course)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #EdwardTufte #Communication #Data #Presentations

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

The single biggest threat to learning the truth is cherry-picked data.
-- Edward Tufte (Presenting Data and Information Short Course)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #EdwardTufte #Communication #Data #Presentations

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
-- Oscar Wilde

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OscarWilde #Quotations

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
-- Oscar Wilde

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OscarWilde #Quotations

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshipping.
-- Hubert Reeves

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HubertReeves #God #Humanity #Nature

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshipping.
-- Hubert Reeves

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HubertReeves #God #Humanity #Nature

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah