“It turns out that moving our muscles produces proteins that travel through the bloodstream and into the brain, where they play pivotal roles in the mechanisms of our highest thought processes.” PlayMovingTurnsProcessBrainRolesProduceHighestMusclesMechanismProteinThought ProcessPivotal Author:John Ratey
“Is the very mechanism for the universe to come into being meaningless or unworkable or both unless the universe is guaranteed to produce life, consciousness and observership somewhere and for some little time in its history-to-be?” LifeLittlesScienceUniverseConsciousnessProduceMeaninglessMechanismBeing MeLittle TimeBeing Mean Author:John P. Wheeler III
“In every part of the universe we observe means adjusted with the nicest artifice to the ends which they are intended to produce; and in the mechanism of a plant, or animal body, admire how every thing is contrived for advancing the two great purposes of nature, the support of the individual, and the propagation of the species.” MeanTwoEndsBodyPurposeUniverseIndividualAnimalSupportProducePlantSpeciesAdmireMechanismAdvancingArtificePropagation Book:The Essential Adam Smith Source: The Essential Adam Smith
“I see the Baldrige process as a powerful set of mechanisms for disciplined people engaged in disciplined thought and taking disciplined action to create great organizations that produce exceptional results.” PeopleActionProcessResultsPowerfulProduceOrganizationEngagedMechanismExceptionalGreat Organizations Author:James C. Collins
“The more you're drowning in familiarity, the better the fun is. It requires less novelty to produce even more gratification. And it's something that didn't come from you. It was about the other thing - the thing you were experiencing, or the people you were with, or the mechanism you were operating, or whatever it might be.” PeopleMightFunProduceMechanismDrowningGratificationNoveltyFamiliarity Author:Ian Bogost