Beyond the Rhetoric

“Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.” While it may not be completely true that you are only limited by your imagination, it is only by trying to achieve the impossible that you can experience the extreme limits of your ability. In [...]

“If you don’t fail at least 90 percent of the time, you’re not aiming high enough.” A pioneer in object-oriented computer programming and window-based graphical user interfaces, Alan Kay is currently an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at UCLA. He has also been a senior fellow at HP Labs, a visiting professor at Kyoto University, [...]

It might be a difficult decision and a bold move to make, but it is ultimately in your best interest to step outside of your comfort zone. Many of us lull ourselves into a state of complacency, falling into a routine that remains largely unchanged. You may look for situations that present the least amount [...]

When you were going through school, you probably learned about the difference between potential energy and kinetic energy. Depicted above is a boy who has rolled a ball to the top of the hill. Given the gravitational pull of the Earth, this elevated position provides a good deal of potential energy, since there is a [...]