Comments on: CyberNotes: The Best Piece of Advice… http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-the-best-piece-of-advice/ Technology News Sun, 27 May 2012 02:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Changehttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-the-best-piece-of-advice/#comment-137781 Change Sat, 10 May 2008 17:21:31 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12497#comment-137781 Inspiring, thanks :) Inspiring, thanks :)

]]> By: Ashleyhttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-the-best-piece-of-advice/#comment-137758 Ashley Fri, 09 May 2008 19:30:43 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12497#comment-137758 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-137742" rel="nofollow">AndyDrum wrote:</a><blockquote>“The best things in life aren’t things…”<a href="http://weblog.sinteur.com/2008/04/the-best-things/" rel="nofollow">http://weblog.sinteur.com/2008.....st-things/</a></blockquote></div> The first comment on that article that you linked to is interesting...<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-137733" rel="nofollow">bbilko wrote:</a><blockquote>Never eat yellow snow.</blockquote></div> Ha! Is this advice or common sense? :) AndyDrum wrote:
“The best things in life aren’t things…”

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The first comment on that article that you linked to is interesting…

bbilko wrote:
Never eat yellow snow.

Ha! Is this advice or common sense? :)

]]> By: AndyDrumhttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-the-best-piece-of-advice/#comment-137742 AndyDrum Fri, 09 May 2008 14:53:30 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12497#comment-137742 "The best things in life aren't things..."http://weblog.sinteur.com/2008/04/the-best-things/ “The best things in life aren’t things…”

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]]> By: Transcontinentalhttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-the-best-piece-of-advice/#comment-137741 Transcontinental Fri, 09 May 2008 14:25:04 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12497#comment-137741 "extremely interesting" is the word, Ashley. This is a most interesting post. In fact, so many concerns link or are "extrapolatable" from these persons' thoughts that I'll resume my reaction to what I think is a summary of the essential.1- Bill Gates, "Take on an issue - a complex problem, a deep inequity, and become a specialist on it" - Does this aim productivity or self accomplishment? I remain convinced that only a wide spectrum of interests nourishes a human being's mind and soul, and that specialization is more a modern world's requirement for efficiency than for me, and you.2- Steve Jobs, "You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future…". Reminds me "And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should" (http://www.businessballs.com/desideratapoem.htm" : I agree3- Mark Shuttleworth, "Know very clearly what it is that you are excited about.". That interacts with Bill Gates's above mentioned comment, but with the nuance of dealing excitation and preferences with self-accomplishment.In fine, I am still wondering if there is no contradiction between the aims of our post-modern society and ... happiness. “extremely interesting” is the word, Ashley. This is a most interesting post. In fact, so many concerns link or are “extrapolatable” from these persons’ thoughts that I’ll resume my reaction to what I think is a summary of the essential.

1- Bill Gates, “Take on an issue – a complex problem, a deep inequity, and become a specialist on it” – Does this aim productivity or self accomplishment? I remain convinced that only a wide spectrum of interests nourishes a human being’s mind and soul, and that specialization is more a modern world’s requirement for efficiency than for me, and you.

2- Steve Jobs, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future…”. Reminds me “And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should” ([businessballs.com] : I agree

3- Mark Shuttleworth, “Know very clearly what it is that you are excited about.”. That interacts with Bill Gates’s above mentioned comment, but with the nuance of dealing excitation and preferences with self-accomplishment.

In fine, I am still wondering if there is no contradiction between the aims of our post-modern society and … happiness.

]]> By: Unohttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-the-best-piece-of-advice/#comment-137739 Uno Fri, 09 May 2008 13:40:06 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12497#comment-137739 Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. (Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton) Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. (Sign hanging in Einstein’s office at Princeton)

]]> By: Richardhttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-the-best-piece-of-advice/#comment-137734 Richard Fri, 09 May 2008 12:18:09 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12497#comment-137734 Gravity never takes a holiday. Live with it! Gravity never takes a holiday. Live with it!

]]> By: bbilkohttp://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-the-best-piece-of-advice/#comment-137733 bbilko Fri, 09 May 2008 12:07:35 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12497#comment-137733 Never eat yellow snow. Never eat yellow snow.

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