“Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better, not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills Over time, [meditators'] brains become finely tuned willpower machines.” SelfAsksBrainSkillsMachinesWideRangeGet BetterSelf ControlWillpowerMeditatingIt Gets Better Author:Kelly McGonigal
“Machines have no political opinions, but they have profound political effects. They demand a strict regimentation of time, and, by abolishing the need for manual skill, have transformed the majority of the population from workers into laborers. There are, that is to say, fewer and fewer jobs which a man can find a pride and satisfaction in doing well, more and more which have no interest in themselves and can be valued only for the money they provide.” MenNeedsWellsJobsPoliticalInterestOpinionEffectsPrideSkillsDemandMachinesMajorityProfoundWorkersPopulationSatisfactionFewerTransformedStrictManualsLaborersPolitical OpinionsRegimentation Author:W. H. Auden
“Machines are beneficial to the degree that they eliminate the need for labor, harmful to the degree that they eliminate the need for skill.” NeedsScienceSkillsDegreesLaborMachinesBeneficial Author:W. H. Auden
“Those with engineering skills will build tomorrow's genius computers. But those with the ability to create knowledge of any kind will be the ones who are best able to extract great value from them. The way to create value in the age of genius machines will be to compile and disseminate knowledge that other people will find useful.” PeopleWayKindAgeAbleValuesAbilityGeniusTomorrowSkillsComputerMachinesEngineeringGreat Value Author:Ray Kurzweil
“If you want to get an advance machine tool job today, you need to know calculus. We know a lot of people don't, we can't expect everyone to know calculus, what do we do? We created a huge bubble that created a huge number of jobs to build houses and to be in retail. You don't have to have a lot of skills to work in the new Gap store that opened, at the latest Starbucks branch, or to hammer a nail for a new house.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantNeedsTodayJobsHouseNumbersHugeSkillsToolsMachinesStoresBranchesGapsBubblesNailsHammersStarbucksCalculusRetailHuge Numbers Author:Thomas Friedman
“a samurai is a total human being, whereas a man who is completely absorbed in his technical skill has degenerated into a ‘function’, one cog in a machine.” MenHumansHuman BeingsSkillsMachinesFunctionSamuraiCogsTechnical Skills Book:Yukio Mishima on Hagakure: the Samurai ethic and modern Japan Source: Yukio Mishima on Hagakure: the Samurai ethic and modern Japan