3 quotes from 3 books. Sent weekly.
Enjoy!
—Mark
“In college, I had met the Southern writer Jo Carson and she said, “Be careful what you get good at doin’ ’cause you’ll be doin’ it for the rest of your life.”
—Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, by Gabrielle Hamilton (2011)
“The more human beings diversified as consumers and specialised as producers, and the more they then exchanged, the better off they have been, are and will be. And the good news is that there is no inevitable end to this process.“
—The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, by Matthew Ridley (2010)
“Experts, in looking at something new, always bring their expertise with them, as well as their particular way of looking at things. Whatever does not fit into their frame of reference is dismissed, not seen, or forced to fit into their beliefs. Thus really new ideas seldom arise from the experts in the field.”
—The Art of Doing Science & Engineering: Learning To Learn, by Richard Hamming (1997)