Words of Wisdom — July 18, 2014

George Eliot on a Benefit of Selective Blindness

"One couldn't carry on life comfortably without a little blindness to the fact that everything has been said better than we can put it ourselves." - George Eliot

bigthinkeditor

“One couldn’t carry on life comfortably without a little blindness to the fact that everything has been said better than we can put it ourselves.”

– George Eliot

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25 years since Columbine: We’re closer to decoding mass-shooter psychology

Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the "3 Rs": rage, resentment, and revenge.

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Everyday Philosophy: “Is there anything wrong with trauma dumping?”

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Adam Grant on how to identify and develop high-potential leaders

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Want true success? Be more philosophical about “good” and “bad” failure.

Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem "there's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all." He had a point.

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The idea that matter is mostly empty space is mostly wrong

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