“We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives won't catch up with us.” PeopleIfsIdeasEnoughCultureOur LivesBusy Book:Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Perhaps these ancient observatories like Stonehenge perennially impress modern people because modern people have no idea how the Sun, Moon, or stars move. We are too busy watching evening television to care what's going on in the sky.” PeopleIdeasCareMovingCultureStarsSunSkyModernTelevisionMoonBusyAncientEveningNo IdeaImpressToo BusySun MoonStonehenge Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“[T]he seeds of [the Argument Culture] can be found our classrooms, where a teacher will introduce an article or an idea . . . setting up debates where people learn not to listen to each other because they're so busy trying to win the debate.” PeopleTryingIdeasCultureFoundWinningTeacherArgumentBusySeedsDebateSettingSettingsArticlesClassroomIntroducing Author:Deborah Tannen
“History is so fleeting and we are so busy consuming media and the contemporary culture, voraciously gobbling it up, that we have no room to look back ever, and our young people have a tough time looking back.” PeopleLooksYoungCultureRoomsMediaToughBusyContemporaryLooking BackFleetingTough TimesConsuming Author:Steven Spielberg