Comments(17)You are not rational as you think you are!
I am a big fan of Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational.
His amusing presentation at TED goes through some of the illustrations in the book. It’s scary how little (and sometimes random) things influence us so dramatically while we are convinced we are rational actors!
On the duality of ambition :)
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
– EB White
On entrepreneurship and democracy
“The movement that built the first national democracy was not triggered by an uprising of the masses; nor was it led by intellectual theorists. It was led by entrepreneurial men of means … . In fact, starting a business develops precisely the traits that make democracy work. It requires independence, much effort, and self-discipline – but also the ability to work with others and the recognition that you can only succeed by serving the needs of others.”
- Carl J. Schramm, “The Entrepreneurial Imperative,” p. 161
Great Richard Dawkins Podcast: Queerer than We Can Suppose: The Strangeness of Science
Richard Dawkins gave this great speech when accepting the 2006 Rockefeller University Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science.
Listen to Dawkins’ lecture “Queerer than We Can Suppose: The Strangeness of Science”
John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873), On Liberty
“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.”
