Survival Is The Ability To Swim In

The Mind Can Go Either Direction Under Stress—toward Positive Or Toward Negative: On Or Off. Think Of It As A Spectrum Whose Extremes Are Unconsciousness At The Negative End And Hyperconsciousness At The Positive End. The Way The Mind Will Lean Under Stress Is Strongly Influenced By Training.

The Real Universe Is Always One Step Beyond Logic.

Ecology Is Often Confused With Environmentalism, While In Fact, Environmentalism Often Leaves Out The Fact That People, Too, Can Be A Legitimate Part Of An Ecosystem.

Technology Tends Toward Avoidance Of Risks By Investors. Uncertainty Is Ruled Out If Possible. People Generally Prefer The Predictable. Few Recognize How Destructive This Can Be, How It Imposes Severe Limits On Variability And Thus Makes Whole Populations Fatally Vulnerable To The Shocking Ways Our Universe Can Throw The Dice.

The Person Who Experiences Greatness Must Have A Feeling For The Myth He Is In.