We are our choices. Build yourself a great story.
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Of course humans like to explore, and we should. There's nothing wrong with that. But it's more than that. It's essential for your children and your children's children.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Exploration is vital for human growth and future generations.
Jeff Bezos highlights the innate human desire to explore and emphasizes that this trait is not only beneficial but essential for the development and advancement of future generations. The act of exploration fosters curiosity and innovation, which are key to progress in society and the enrichment of our children's lives.
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ExplorationGrowthFutureChildrenDevelopment
In practice
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In a speech about education, one might say, 'As Jeff Bezos noted, exploration is essential for our children's future.'
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But there's so much kludge, so much terrible stuff, we are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet. That's where we are. We don't get our hair caught in it, but that's the level of primitiveness of where we are. We're in 1908.
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Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn't a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.
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When you are eighty years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices.
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