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“If you see lots of shark attacks in the news, you think, 'Gosh, sharks are out of control.' What you should think is 'Gosh, the news loves to cover shark attacks.”
― You Are Not So Smart
― You Are Not So Smart
“Having a dissenting opinion on movies, music, or clothes, or owning clever or obscure possessions, is the way middle-class people fight one another for status...Hipsters, then, are the direct result of this cycle of indie, authentic, obscure, ironic, clever consummerism...It is ironic in the sense the very act of trying to run counter to the culture is what creates the next wave of culture people will in turn attempt to counter.”
― You Are Not So Smart
― You Are Not So Smart
“You are a confabulatory creature by nature. You are always explaining to yourself the motivations for your actions and the causes to the effects in your life, and you make them up without realizing it when you don't know the answers. Over time, these explanations become your idea of who you are and your place in the world. They are your self... You are a story you tell yourself.”
― You Are Not So Smart
― You Are Not So Smart
“You want to believe that those who work hard and sacrifice get ahead and those who are lazy and cheat do not. This, of course, is not always true. Success is often greatly influenced by when you were born, where you grew up, the socioeconomic status of your family, and random chance”
― You Are Not So Smart
― You Are Not So Smart
Inspiration Lane
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— last activity Aug 16, 2015 06:23PM
Using the power of story to broaden interest in and appreciation for science, technology, engineering and math. STEM + the arts = STEAM, let's get it ...more
Dark Realism
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— last activity Aug 26, 2013 09:23AM
Realistic fiction for the cynics. Young Adult fiction that eschews and shuns Utopian-ism. The more subtle take on Edgy YA.
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