Wisdom I Pondered This Week

• “The willingness to make sacrifices for others, to be able to wait for a reward, the devotion to work; for me, these are everlasting values.” — Brunello Cucinelli
• Average/Normal people think in linear, logical terms and achieve a linear, logical outcomes. Smart people think differently and generate non-linear, asymmetric outcomes.
• “Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows.” — Nisargadatta Maharaj
• Abundance is not something we acquire. It’s something we tune into.
• “Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Things I Learned This Week

• Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
• The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute (KI) awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• GUI (Graphical User Interface) v.s GDI (Graphics Device Interface)
• Tenured Professor 終身教授
• 在 Netflix, HBO 等串流平台尚未崛起前，「百視達 Blockbuster」曾是全球出租影業龍頭