Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.
The universe is probably littered with one-planet graves - Randall Munroe
The universe is probably littered with one-planet graves
- Randall Munroe
I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at. - Randall Munroe
I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at.
You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the pro… - Randall Munroe
You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the pro…
But I’ve never seen the Icarus story as a lesson about the limitations of humans. I see it as a lesson about the limitations of wax as an adhesive. - Randall Munroe
But I’ve never seen the Icarus story as a lesson about the limitations of humans. I see it as a lesson about the limitations of wax as an adhesive.
You don't use science to show you're right, you use science to become right. - Randall Munroe
You don't use science to show you're right, you use science to become right.
Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there.’ - Randall Munroe
Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there.’
Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things wit… - Randall Munroe
Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things wit…
Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm th… - Randall Munroe
Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm th…
I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculati… - Randall Munroe
I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculati…
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