“If you want to be happy, let go of your wants. If you want to be effective, harness them.”
― A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
― A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
“One of the strange things about adulthood is that you are your current self, but you are also all the selves you used to be, the ones you grew out of but can't ever quite get rid of.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“Knowing something is a bad idea does not always decrease the odds that you will do it.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“However, the tests still suggest that nuclear weapons probably don’t make great bottle openers.”
― How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
― How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
“Physics doesn’t care if your question is weird. It just gives you the answer, without judging.”
― How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
― How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
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