Libro de Sombras

"Community does not scale"

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:55:20 -0500

“Community does not scale”

- Jason Hiner (TWIT#402)

"An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student..."

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:39:10 -0500

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An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”. All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A (substituting grades for dollars – something closer to home and more readily understood by all). After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. These are possibly the 5 best sentences you’ll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

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- John Harrell

"La vida no cuenta los pasos que has dado, sino las huellas que has dejado."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:32:19 -0500

“La vida no cuenta los pasos que has dado, sino las huellas que has dejado.”

- Anónimo

Prospero’s Precepts

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:50:52 -0500

Prospero’s Precepts:

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All beliefs in whatever realm are theories at some level. (Stephen Schneider)

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. (Dandemis)

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. (Francis Bacon)

Never fall in love with your hypothesis. (Peter Medawar)

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories instead of theories to suit facts. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong. (Francis Crick)

The thing that doesn’t fit is the thing that is most interesting. (Richard Feynman)

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. (Charles Darwin)

It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. (Mark Twain)

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong. (Thomas Jefferson)

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second, it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

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Full Life

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:39:53 -0500

A professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.

They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.

The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full.

They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.

Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

He asked once more if the jar was full.

The students responded with a unanimous ”yes.”

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

“Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, ”I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things - your God, your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car.

The sand is everything else - the small stuff.

‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued, ’there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.

‘The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

‘Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.

‘Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter.

Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled ”I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.”

Dear Coquette: On an asshole

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:16:32 -0500

Dear Coquette: On an asshole:

Nobody is asking you to compromise your goals and dreams. In fact, you should start reminding yourself that nobody gives a fuck about your goals and dreams. Most of the time, people don’t even give a fuck about what you say. All they really care about is how you make them feel.

So, how do you make the people in your life feel? The truth is, even though they know you’re a good person, you kind of annoy them. That’s why they only want to deal with you in small doses.

If you relax, pull the stick out of your ass, and quit treating life like it’s one big job interview, you’ll soon find that people will enjoy being around you more.

"Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world...."

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:43:35 -0500

“Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing.”

- Cory Doctorow

"Me enamoré de esa persona que no existía en ella."

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:05:32 -0600

“Me enamoré de esa persona que no existía en ella.”

- @Erik__Nunez

"Si existe una postura honesta, completa, razonable con respecto a temas de religión para un persona..."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:16:42 -0600

“Si existe una postura honesta, completa, razonable con respecto a temas de religión para un persona que se haya involucrado con con la ciencia, es la perspectiva de la humildad.”

- Enrique Ganem

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:12:15 -0600

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

- Benjamin Franklin

"La estupidez insiste siempre"

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:36:05 -0600

“La estupidez insiste siempre”

- Albert Camus

"Intelectual: alguien cuya mente se vigila a sí misma."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:24:24 -0600

“Intelectual: alguien cuya mente se vigila a sí misma.”

- Albert Camus

"Inocente es quien no necesita explicarse"

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:48:30 -0600

“Inocente es quien no necesita explicarse”

- Albert Camus

"La capacidad de atención del hombre es limitada y debe ser constantemente espoleada por la..."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:23:39 -0600

“La capacidad de atención del hombre es limitada y debe ser constantemente espoleada por la provocación.”

- Albert Camus

"Está la belleza y están los humillados. Por difícil que sea la empresa quisiera no ser nunca infiel..."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:21:57 -0600

“Está la belleza y están los humillados. Por difícil que sea la empresa quisiera no ser nunca infiel ni a los segundos ni a la primera.”

- Albert Camus

"Ellos mandan hoy… ¡porque tú obedeces!"

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:21:01 -0600

“Ellos mandan hoy… ¡porque tú obedeces!”

- Albert Camus

"En las profundidades del invierno finalmente aprendí que en mi interior habitaba un verano..."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:20:11 -0600

“En las profundidades del invierno finalmente aprendí que en mi interior habitaba un verano invencible”

- Albert Camus

"El otoño es una segunda primavera en la que cada hoja es una flor."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:17:12 -0600

“El otoño es una segunda primavera en la que cada hoja es una flor.”

- Albert Camus

"Con el dinero ocurre lo mismo que con el papel higiénico: cuando se necesita, se necesita..."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:16:22 -0600

“Con el dinero ocurre lo mismo que con el papel higiénico: cuando se necesita, se necesita urgentemente.”

- Upton Sinclair

"Nadie puede volver atrás y empezar de nuevo, pero cualquiera puede empezar hoy y crear un nuevo..."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:15:44 -0600

“Nadie puede volver atrás y empezar de nuevo, pero cualquiera puede empezar hoy y crear un nuevo final.”

- Maria Robinson