23rd May 2011

“…highly connected people–the hubs or influencers–played no significant role [on how ideas spread]. People selected the next person in the chain based on qualities such as living in geographic proximity, sharing occupations, and other factors more so than being heavily connected, or having high status.”

~ Herb Schaffner, discussing Duncan Watts’ new book “Everything is Obvious, Once You Know the Answer”

(Source: bnet.com)

10th May 2011

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

~ Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

5th May 2011

“Maybe we should always show pictures. Bin Laden, pictures of our wounded service people, pictures of maimed innocent civilians. We can only make decisions about war if we see what war actually is — and not as a video game where bodies quickly disappear leaving behind a shiny gold coin.”

~ Jon Stewart

(Source: daringfireball.net)

5th May 2011

“It turns out that no one can imagine what’s really coming in our lives.”

~ http://www.penmachine.com/2011/05/the-last-post