“The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon / Turns Ashes — or it prospers; and anon, / Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, / Lighting a little hour or two — is gone.” Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
[..] the values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
“We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress. Atomic Habits
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