Jessica

“The man who doesn’t read has no advantage over the man that can’t read.” Mark Twain”
― Marc Reklau, 30 Days—Change Your Habits, Change Your Life: A Couple of Simple Steps Every Day to Create the Life You Want

“In a dynamic world, there will always be a lack of precise knowledge; rarely do we have the ability to predict the interactions among multiple variables. The challenges, therefore, are to design institutions that are durable in the face of uncertainty, to find ways to connect biological responses in natural ecosystems to human actions through policy, and to build sufficient slack into the system so that the inevitable mistakes are less costly. Even if accurate predictions of optimal harvest were possible, the ability to achieve that goal in practice would remain nearly impossible, because harvests undershoot and overshoot target levels through time.”
― Charles G. Curtin, The Science of Open Spaces: Theory and Practice for Conserving Large, Complex Systems

“In a great many places in our society, including academia and most bureaucracies, prestige accrues principally to those who study carefully some aspect of the problem, while discussion of the big picture is relegated to cocktail parties.”
― Charles G. Curtin, The Science of Open Spaces: Theory and Practice for Conserving Large, Complex Systems

“201.  What would you do with your time if money were of no concern?”
― Lisa McKay, 201 Great Discussion Questions for Couples in Long Distance Relationships