Average is over is the catchphrase of our age, and it is likely to apply all the more to our future.

“If I were to dedicate my life to science, whatever form that might take, it would be by the grace of the people I’d met during my lowest and most confusing days. More and more, I was feeling something I hadn’t in a long time: I was grateful.”
― The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
― The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
“The world has enough for everyone’s need but not enough for everyone’s greed. —Mahatma Gandhi”
― Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education
― Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education

“Where in our upbringing, our schooling, our career are we explicitly taught to value, to enjoy, even to love the plateau, the long stretch of diligent effort with no seeming progress?”
― Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
― Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

“Let ask the gods not for possessions, but for things to do; happiness is in making things rather than in consuming them.”
― Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God
― Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God

“We’ve been brought up to act fast, to assume that we know everything immediately and to ignore the fact that consciousness is made up of layers, and it’s the lower strata that might contain the richest, most faithful material.”
― A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from The School of Life
― A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from The School of Life
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