“ 1979: Robert Williams, a worker at a Ford Motor Co. plant, was the first known human to be killed by a robot, after the arm of a one-ton factory robot hit him in the head.
List of unusual deaths
Übersmart 1990s kid having visions of the 2010s
“ People will pay for information they think they can make money from. That’s why they paid for those stock tip newsletters, and why companies pay now for Bloomberg terminals and Economist Intelligence Unit reports. But will people pay for information otherwise? History offers little encouragement.
Paul Graham
(via medicines, gustojones)
“ Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere.
Colin Chapman, Formula One constructor
“ About twenty five years ago, Howard Gardner taught us his theory of multiple intelligences. He described the fact that there’s not just one kind of intelligence, in fact there are at least seven (1 Bodily-kinesthetic, 2 Interpersonal, 3 Verbal-linguistic, 4 Logical-mathematical, 5 Intrapersonal, 6 Visual-spatial, 7 Musical, 8 Naturalistic). This makes perfect sense—people are good at different things.
Multiple Dumbnesses
Kate Orr
photo by Rankin
via: finn place
“ Before the web, if you wanted to keep something private, you didn’t talk about it. It was easier to track whether or not someone was spilling your secrets because you didn’t have as many suspects. That’s not true if you post information online, though. What was once gossip is now a “privacy leak.” Why do we still expect anything to stay private in the YouTube and Facebook world?
In defense of Facebook
Chinese Women in a Cangue
unidentified photographer, c. 1880
via: theonlinephotographer
“ My best advice: win little battles. Get in the habit of winning, of shipping, of having customers that can’t live without you. Once you’ve demonstrated you know how to do the art, then go after the windmills.
Don Quijote didn’t ship
“ Technology tends to separate normal from natural. Our bodies weren’t designed to eat the foods that people in rich countries eat, or to get so little exercise. There may be a similar problem with the way we work: a normal job may be as bad for us intellectually as white flour or sugar is for us physically.
You Weren’t Meant to Have a Boss
“ Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
Thomas H. Huxley
