Brain-Slaps for the Weekend
quick hits to spark some weekend creativity
News of the week…
Every once in awhile, something quietly happens, that can charge - oops, change - the world.
Not in a little step-by-step manner. But in a huge explosion - hydrogen bomb big - of new technology that will touch every aspect of our lives on a day-to-day basis, every aspect of geopolitics, and even the balance of life and the environment of our world.
Insert big kettle drum roll.
This week its nuclear fusion. The DOE announced it has proven nuclear fusion. Read and watch to get the gist…
A win for humanity - Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks on fusion
Think About It…
We are, by our natures, neophiles.
All human beings, even from infancy, tend to look away from things they’ve already seen and, instead, turn their gaze to things that are new and surprising. In fact, the word interest comes from the Latin interesse, which means to “differ.”
from the book Grit by Angela Duckworth
When we stop searching for new thoughts and ideas; we stop growing. If you still believe the same things you did five years ago - maybe you should ask your self, why?
Learn from the past but don’t stay there. Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward. — Kierkegaard
Do it…
Enjoy your weekend. I’ll be writing - working on an article, When Grit Kills - watching football, doing JiuJitsu Sunday morning, and I’ll squeeze in some time to watch this:
Ciao.