Great Articles

- thoughts on writing, Elizabeth Gilbert
- imagination and creativity, Sir Ken Robinson
- talent is earned, nyt article on how to grow a super athlete
- how to grow younger, Ellen Langer
- why nerds are unpopular, Paul Graham
- relentlessly resourceful, Paul Graham
- u.s. education system broken, McKinsey report, lots of stats
- in praise of dullness, David Brooks on leadership
- how to be lucky

TED Talks

Sir Ken Robinson on why schools kill creativity



Elizabeth Gilbert on genius and the divine muse (the last section is most moving)

- the Sixth Sense device
- passion and shiny eyes, Benjamin Zander
- stroke of insight, Jill Bolte

Favorite Quotes

"I write to know what I think."
- unknown

"The value of an idea lies in the using of it."
- Thomas Edison

“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.”
-Ben Franklin

"Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness."
-Stanislaw Lem

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
– Rumi

"Good ideas like to be invited, not chased."
- a friend

Laughs

-- men's brains, women's brains
-- twitter jumps the shark
-- the year the media died
-- nerd venn diagram