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We have inherited from our forefathers the keen longing for unified, all-embracing knowledge. The very name given to the highest institutions of learning reminds us, that from antiquity and throughout many centuries the universal aspect has
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“It was 1995, the dawn of the Internet era. “I thought the Internet would be something that would fundamentally change the nature of humanity,” he said during a speech in 2012. “It was like humanity gaining a nervous system.” So, he told his professor he was taking a deferment to see whether he could start an Internet company, and the teacher said, “Well, I don’t think you’ll be coming back.” That was the last time they ever talked.”
― The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
― The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
“It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”
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“If there is a silver lining to suffering trauma, it is the opportunity to learn about one’s self, to trail mental fingers over a previously unrecognized core of inner strength.”
― A Libertarian Walks into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town
― A Libertarian Walks into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town
“The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of exercise, for body and brain. The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than observation.”
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