“ Mark Twain once said that history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. ”
Keep in mind that imagination is at the heart of all innovation. Crush or constrain it and the fun will vanish.
~ Albert-László Barabási
Forget dice rolling or boxes of chocolates as metaphors for life. Think of yourself as a dreaming robot on autopilot, and you'll be much closer to the truth.
Today we know more about Jupiter than the guy who lives next door to us. We can predict where an election will go, we can turn a gene on or off, and we can even send a robot to Mars, but we are lost if asked to explain or predict the phenomena we might expect to know the most about, the actions of our fellow humans.
Time is our most valuable nonrenewable resource, and if we want to treat it with respect, we need to set priorities.
