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Adesso basta (Simone Perotti)
Puntare sulle cose difficili
Italo Calvino, interpellato da un giornalista sul millennio entrante, diede la sua ricetta su quel che bisognava fare per dare senso alla vita e renderla significativa: «Bisogna puntare sulle cose difficili, eseguite alla perfezione, le cose che richiedono sforzo; diffidare…
Liberi non si nasce, lo si diventa
Mi colpì una frase di Bjorn Larsson, nel suo libro Bisogno di Libertà: «Non si nasce liberi, lo si diventa. […] Bisogna essere pronti a osservare una certa disciplina di lavoro, per realizzare i propri sogni. Non basta sperare, bisogna anche fissarsi un obiettivo e perseguirlo…
Calvinism (wikipedia Contributors)
Five points of calvinism (tulip)
Most objections to and attacks on Calvinism focus on the "five points of Calvinism," also called the doctrines of grace, and remembered by the mnemonic "TULIP." [...] The central assertion of these points is that God saves every person upon whom he has mercy, and that his…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
What we obtain too easily we esteem lightly
In the words of Thomas Paine, “That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.”
Effort spent in the right jungle
Effectiveness—often even survival—does not depend solely on how much effort we expend, but on whether or not the effort we expend is in the right jungle.
The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Peace can be made only by the peaceful
The startling truth is that our best efforts for civil rights, international peace, population control, conservation of natural resources, and assistance to the starving of the earth—urgent as they are—will destroy rather than help if made in the present spirit. For, as things…
The Need For Research Maps To Navigate Published Work And Inform Experiment Planning
Strategies for nanopublications: experts data entry
We can presently identify at least three strategies for building research maps. These strategies are not mutually exclusive. The first is a publically funded data entry effort. Specialists in various fields of research could be hired to write nano- publications for papers in…