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One idea

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. Swami Vivekananda

Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-boson-academic-system

Technological unemployment: panacea or poison?

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/deane20130305

The stroke of genius strikes later in life today

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45198217/ns/technology_and_science-science#.UOO0Im83sTA

Non-linearity and Persistence

You may study for a year and learn nothing, then unless you are disheartened by the empty results and give up, something will come to you in a flash. Owing to this nonlinearity, people cannot comprehend the nature of the rare event. There are routes to success that are nonrandom, but few, very few people have the mental stamina to follow them. Those who go the extra mile are rewarded. Most people give up before the rewards. - Nassim Nocholas Taleb(Fooled by randomness)

Utility

I see no special heroism in accumulating money, particularly if, in addition, the person is foolish enough to not even try to derive any tangible benefit from the wealth(aside from the pleasure of regularly counting the beans). - Nassim Nicholas Taleb(Fooled by randomness)

Everybody is a genius

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. - Albert Einstein