The Outlier
Most great accomplishments come from finding a new path rather than following the crowd. This post was inspired by the photo my wife found for an article she wrote: Outlier.
Most great accomplishments come from finding a new path rather than following the crowd. This post was inspired by the photo my wife found for an article she wrote: Outlier.
Photo: Frame from the 1912 film Saved from the Titanic starring Dorothy Gibson — an actress who survived the actual disaster.
The world gets it. A segment of America and Brazil don’t, and we can’t let them dictate the smart people’s deaths, because then what would we have left?
The full context of this quote, from my eulogy of Jerry in 1999:
Let me get this straight: Florida Man gets a Mickey Mouse idea and you think it’s great planning?
Having the ability to think without being pressured by fools gives you such an advantage.
Their store, their rules, not yours. That’s how it works. Don’t like it? Don’t go in.
“The war ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Confederate generals throughout the Southern states followed suit, the last surrender on land occurring June 23.” —Wikipedia
That first person to die was Patricia Dowd, who “exercised routinely, watched her diet and took no medication,” and was a non-smoker.
As the U.S. zooms toward 100,000 deaths, we should understand that we are far from done with this. We have a lot more people to think about this Memorial Day.