The Wakeup
They’re not doctors. They don’t even play one on TV. Playing one on the Internet makes them look like the obliviots they are.
Thinking
To Overthrow a King
This is one of the reasons I work so hard to get people to do a little more thinking: I want society to remember how to when we need it. And boy do we need it.
Keep Your Hand on the Throttle
Well, one of the reasons, anyway.
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.
How They Sound
Photo: Frame from the 1912 film Saved from the Titanic starring Dorothy Gibson — an actress who survived the actual disaster.
Clarification
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?
NASA’s Job
The full context of this quote, from my eulogy of Jerry in 1999:
Siren Call
Let me get this straight: Florida Man gets a Mickey Mouse idea and you think it’s great planning?
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One
Having the ability to think without being pressured by fools gives you such an advantage.
How Freedom Works
Their store, their rules, not yours. That’s how it works. Don’t like it? Don’t go in.