“Country' and 'city' are very powerful words, and this is not surprising when we remember how much they seem to stand for in the experience of human communities. In English, 'country' is both a nation and a part of a 'land'; 'the country' can be the whole society or its rural area. In the long history of human settlements, this connection between the land from which directly or indirectly we all get our living and the achievements of human society has been deeply known.” HumansLongHas BeensCountryWholeSeemsRememberNationsCommunityPowerfulCitiesKnownLandAchievementAreasConnectionsSurprisingVery PowerfulHuman SocietySettlementRural AreasPowerful Words Book:The Country and the City Source: The Country and the City
“When people conceptualize a cyber-attack, they do tend to think about parts of the critical infrastructure like power plants, water supplies, and similar sort of heavy infrastructure, critical infrastructure areas. And they could be hit, as long as they're network connected, as long as they have some kind of systems that interact with them that could be manipulated from internet connection.” PeopleThinkingKindLongWaterInternetAreasConnectionsPlantHeavyConnectedCriticalInfrastructureSuppliesCyberPower PlantsInternet ConnectionCyber Attacks Author:Edward Snowden
“So far Unitarian realism claiming to possess positive knowledge about Ultimate Reality has succeeded only by excluding large areas of phenomena or by declaring, without proof, that they could be reduced to basic theory, which, in this connection, means elementary particle physics.” MeanRealityTheoryAreasConnectionsUltimateProofPhysicsRealismParticlesDeclaringUltimate RealityUnitarianParticle Physics Book:Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction Versus the Richness of Being Source: Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction Versus the Richness of Being
“In the fetus, or a really young child, all the different brain areas are connected to each other, diffusely. And as the brain develops, the excess connections are turned off, so you get very specialized areas. So most people have really specialized talents. What happens in creative people is this pooling doesn't take place.” PeopleChildrenDifferentHappensYoungBrainCreativeTalentAreasConnectionsConnectedExcessCreative PeopleYoung ChildrenFetusTurned Off Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
“What makes me feel alive is community, connectedness. Certainly family, parenting, relationships, friendship. All the way into colleague relationships and relationship with spirit, relationship with one's own self and inner child, and animals, earth, planet. Fostering and nurturing and really focusing on connection - connection in relationship with other and my own self and God. When I don't feel connected in all those three areas, life is not very good.” WayFeelsChildrenSelfEarthLife IsSpiritThreeCommunityMy OwnAnimalAlivePlanetsAreasConnectionsVery GoodConnectedColleaguesNurturingConnectednessInner ChildRelationships With OthersFostering Author:Alanis Morissette
“There was an Israeli artist who was in grad school with me. I remember trying to get to know him on a more personal level. He had moved to the Fairfax area, not realizing that it's a super Jewish part of L.A. He told me, I don't understand why American Jews feel this connection with me. I was embarrassed because I was feeling that connection with him, too!” KnowsFeelsTryingFeelingsSchoolRememberArtistRealizingLevelsAreasConnectionsMovedJewEmbarrassedIsraeliGradGrad School Author:Jill Soloway
“You start to realize connections between experiences and things that push your buttons, and things that have touched you in those vulnerable areas and what-have-you. And they form a little collection over time - at least I do - and as time progresses and new things are learned, you kind of sift through those things until they're air or danceable, you know? But they start as this thing that's either too hard or too soft to dance to.” KnowsKindLittlesHardFormRealizingProgressAirAreasConnectionsVulnerableCollectionsTouchedNew ThingsButtons Author:Saul Williams
“You can expand your awareness in many ways, and as you do, your brain will evolve. It will grow physically by developing new neural pathways, synaptic connections, and even new brain cells. Perhaps more importantly, it will evolve to mirror the expansion of your mind into new, creative areas.” WayMindGrowsBrainCreativeAwarenessAreasConnectionsMirrorsCellsDevelopingEvolveExpansionPathwaysBrain Cells Author:Deepak Chopra