“Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information easier and faster than ever.” UniverseSocialMediaInformationEasierSmartPhonesSocial MediaFaster Author:Daniel Goleman
“If you are that person, you are more likely to believe that God cured you, this invisible force, creator of the universe, cured you, than that you had three idiotic doctors diagnose you. ... I taught physics to pre-med students who became doctors. Not all of them are smart, I assure you.” IfsBelievePersonsUniverseThreeForceStudentsTaughtSmartDoctorsCreatorPhysicsInvisibleIdioticPseudoscienceMeds Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Even very smart people can try to shoehorn new information that just doesn't fit into an existing paradigm.For a long time the story that we've been telling ourselves is that humans are just another animal. We evolved from other animals and our place in the universe isn't particularly special. What I'm trying to convey in my book [The Sixth Extinction] is that we are unusual.” PeopleTryingHumansLongBookStoriesUniverseAnimalSpecialInformationFitLong TimeSmartUnusualExtinctionParadigmSmart PeopleVery SmartNew Information Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“No one really can have any idea if it's luck or happenstance or timing or fate or the universe or just smart choices that grant you a good life, a happy one. All we can do is decide to own our choices no matter what, to honor them and ourselves as best we can. That whatever is within our control (and there is plenty that is not) is ours. Mine. Responsibility. Conviction.” IfsIdeasMatterChoicesUniverseCan DoResponsibilityFateMinesHonorSmartNo Matter WhatLuckConvictionPlentyGrantsGood LifeTimingOur ChoicesHappenstanceSmart Choices Author:Allison Winn Scotch