By C.S. Lewis in 1939, Learning in Wartime is a sermon contained in his “Weight of Glory” collection. I received a print of this from a mentor in college and just dug it up again recently. After working for a while it has taken on new meaning, especially as I transition to a new job…more
Winston Churchill, Painting as a Pastime – “To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real…Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are…more
The Atlantic Online | July/August 2004 | Plan of Attack | Bruce Hoffman – the importance of clearly defining your goals: “We know we’re killing a lot, capturing a lot, collecting arms,” Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld reportedly told a meeting of defense analysts and retired officers at the Pentagon last year, commenting on U.S….more
TIME Magazine Archive Article — And on the Seventh Day We Rested? — Aug. 02, 2004 – why it’s important to rest; Pope John Paul II wrote, “When Sunday loses its fundamental meaning and becomes merely part of a ‘weekend’, people stay locked within a horizon so limited that they can no longer see ‘the…more
Just two barely-related thoughts: 1. When you’re changing the world, you have to worry about more than just utility. 2. Categories always make you think about what you’re _not_ getting (additional search terms, however, are just that — _additional_)
Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, _Blink_, had a lot to live up to. After an incredible debut with _The Tipping Point_, Gladwell has been criticized for a schizophrenic approach that contradicts itself in places. Certainly it is a different type of subject–the individual unconscious and emotion as opposed to social networking and business–and one that demands…more